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Feasibility study of a mission to Sedna -- Nuclear propulsion and advanced solar sailing concepts
Elena Ancona, Roman Ya. Kezerashvili, Savino Longo
Exploring the outer reaches of the Solar System presents significant propulsion and mission design challenges. This study assesses the feasibility of a mission to Sedna using two a…
Recent advances in space sailing missions and technology: review of the 6th International Symposium on Space Sailing (ISSS 2023)
Elena Ancona, Roman Ya. Kezerashvili
The 6th International Symposium on Space Sailing (ISSS 2023) took place on June 5-9, 2023 at the New York City College of Technology, the City University of New York. Since its ina…
Exploring the Kuiper Belt with Sun-diving Solar Sails
Elena Ancona, Roman Ya. Kezerashvili, Gregory L. Matloff
We discuss a possibility to survey many Kuiper Belt Objects (KBO) with a single launch using a few smallscale spacecraft, each equipped with solar sails, which could be unfurled fr…
Orbital dynamics of a solar sail accelerated by thermal desorption of coatings
Elena Ancona, Roman Ya. Kezerashvili
In this study we considered a solar sail coated with materials that undergo thermal desorption at a specific temperature, as a result of heating by solar radiation at a particular…
Temperature restrictions for materials used in aerospace industry for the near-sun orbits
Elena Ancona, Roman Ya. Kezerashvili
For near-Sun missions, the spacecraft approaches very close to the Sun and space environmental effects become relevant. Strong restrictions on how much close it can get derive from…