Solar Sail Heliocentric Earth-Following Orbits

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No AccessEngineering NoteSolar Sail Heliocentric Earth-Following OrbitsJeannette Heiligers and Colin R. McInnesJeannette HeiligersDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland G1 1XJ, United Kingdom*Research Associate, Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street; .Search for more papers by this author and Colin R. McInnesDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland G1 1XJ, United Kingdom†Director, Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street; .Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:12 Mar 2015https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G000579SectionsView Full TextPDFPDF Plus ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Tsuda Y., Mori O., Funase R., Sawada H., Yamamoto T., Saiki T., Endo T. and Kawaguchi J., “Flight Status of IKAROS Deep Space Solar Sail Demonstrator,” Acta Astronautica, Vol. 69, Nos. 9–10, 2011, pp. 833–840. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.06.005 AASTCF 0094-5765 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[2] Johnson L., Whorton M., Heaton A., Pinson R., Laue G. and Adams C., “NanoSail-D: A Solar Sail Demonstration Mission,” Acta Astronautica, Vol. 68, Nos. 5–6, 2011, pp. 571–575. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.02.008 AASTCF 0094-5765 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[3] McInnes C. 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