TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, SPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN
Online ISSN : 1347-3840
ISSN-L : 1347-3840
d) Astrodynamics, Navigation Guidance and Control
Development of Deployment System for Small Size Solar Sail Mission
Osamu MORIHirotaka SAWADAFuminori HANAOKAJunichiro KAWAGUCHIYoji SHIRASAWAMasayuki SUGITAYasuyuki MIYAZAKIHiraku SAKAMOTORyu FUNASE
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2009 年 7 巻 ists26 号 p. Pd_87-Pd_94

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is studying the feasibility of using the solar power sail as a new propulsion engine for deep space exploration missions. In this paper, the sail shape and equipment layout for missions utilizing small-sized solar power sails are proposed. The two-stage deployment method of the sail is also proposed. The sail need to be deployed statically at the first stage, and two types of deployment mechanisms are introduced. On the other hand the second stage of the deployment can be performed dynamically, and the oscillating motion of the membrane is converged by tethers connecting the membrane to the main body. The deployment motions are analyzed by numerical simulations using multi-particle models in order to verify the deployment. They are compared with the results calculated by finite element method models. The numerical simulation results are discussed from the technological viewpoint of the sail deployment dynamics and mechanisms.

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