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astro-ph.IM2014★ 24 cited
Electric sail control mode for amplified transverse thrust
Petri Toivanen, Pekka Janhunen, Jouni Envall
The electric solar wind sail produces thrust by centrifugally spanned high voltage tethers interacting with the solar wind protons. The sail attitude can be controlled and attitude…
astro-ph.IM2014★ 2 cited
Electric solar wind sail applications overview
Pekka Janhunen, Petri Toivanen, Jouni Envall +6
We analyse the potential of the electric solar wind sail for solar system space missions. Applications studied include fly-by missions to terrestrial planets (Venus, Mars and Phobo…