Database on space sails

Space sails are a continuum of lightweight, thin, large-area, deployable technologies which are pushing forward new frontiers in space mobility and exploration. They encompass solar sails, laser-driven sails, drag sails, magnetic sails, electric sails, deployable membrane reflectors, deployable memb...

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Hauptverfasser: Berthet, Maximilien, Sengupta, Debdut, Çelik, Onur, Hein, Andreas, Fujino, Ken, Schalkwyk, James, Tenorio, Luciana, Cardoso dos Santos, Josué
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Zusammenfassung:Space sails are a continuum of lightweight, thin, large-area, deployable technologies which are pushing forward new frontiers in space mobility and exploration. They encompass solar sails, laser-driven sails, drag sails, magnetic sails, electric sails, deployable membrane reflectors, deployable membrane antennas, and solar power sails. This database contains values of important parameters from 220 different space sails, which have either flown in space or been proposed as mission concepts. The parameters are: the deployed sail area, the spacecraft's total mass, the total sail loading, the characteristic acceleration, the characteristic thrust, the sail's stowed volume, the sail packing efficiency, and the sail thickness. Assumptions and definitions used for each parameter are provided, along with links to the data sources.
DOI:10.17632/pr6pk3xmsp.2