#SolarSailing

Matteo Ceriottimtcerio
2025-09-09

Just published on , Zitong Lin's first journal article:

"Displaced Solar Sail Orbits Around Asteroids with Free Angular Velocity"

doi.org/10.2514/1.G008805

Displaced Solar Sail Orbits Around Asteroids with Free Angular Velocity
This paper investigates displaced solar sail orbits around an asteroid, characterized by free angular velocity andthe orbital plane that is always perpendicular to the direction of solar illumination. It enables precise control of orbitshape and spatial orientation, as well as improving coverage to the asteroid under varying sunlight directions. It isfound that the angular velocity must be constrained within certain bounds to ensure controllability, which can leadto full orbit circles or orbit arcs in the inertial frame. A nonlinear controller is designed to track real-time-requiredattitude angles α;δ, incorporating a δ-switching strategy to ensure bounded angular velocity. A novel missionconcept of long-term displaced orbit around 433 Eros throughout its heliocentric orbit using available solar sailtechnology is proposed based on the preceding studies.
Matteo Ceriottimtcerio
2025-07-02

The 7th International Symposium on Space Sailing is in full swing at and 's and Exploration Technology (SET) group is well represented!

tudelft.nl/lr/isss-2025

UofG team photo at ISSS2025
Hacker Newsh4ckernews
2025-07-01

Feasibility study of a mission to Sedna -- Nuclear propulsion and solar sailing

arxiv.org/abs/2506.17732

Matteo Ceriottimtcerio
2024-01-09

Call for Nominations: Advisory Committee Members for the International Symposium on Space Sailing (ISSS)

Matteo Ceriottimtcerio@home.social
2023-03-17

Giving a talk on #SolarSailing at the Airdrie Astronomical Association tonight, come along if in the area!
airdrieobservatory.com/

2022-12-06

Solar Sailing

"And so it's goodbye shiny material, and hello superconductor. A cable just a few meters long could, in theory, produce a field wide enough to deflect the Sun's charged wind on the scale of tens to hundreds of kilometers."

sciencealert.com/dynamic-soari

#science #space #spacetravel #sailing #solarsailing

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