Solar sail space system guidance for monitoring of potentially hazardous asteroids

Abstract

The paper describes the development of the monitoring system guidance program on the Venus orbit. The monitoring system consists of six spacecraft with solar sail. Motion simulation of the solar sail spacecraft monitoring system is based on the guidance program, which consists of mathematical motion model and control laws of Keplerian element changes. The findings of the work include a flight trajectory of solar sail spacecraft monitoring system and dependency graphs of Keplerian elements against flight duration. Moreover, ballistic analysis of the monitoring system flight to the Venus orbit and angular motion simulation findings are provided. The investigation results demonstrate the possibility of creation of monitoring system and show operation efficiency of the developed monitoring system, which consists of six solar sail spacecraft and is based on guidance mathematical motion model.