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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…
An intrinsic way to control E-sail spin
Pekka Janhunen, Petri Toivanen
We show that by having the auxtethers made partly or completely of conducting material and by controlling their voltages, it is possible to control the spin rate of the electric so…
E-sail test payload of ESTCube-1 nanosatellite
Jouni Envall, Pekka Janhunen, Petri Toivanen +17
The scientific mission of ESTCube-1, launched in May 2013, is to measure the Electric solar wind sail (E-sail) force in orbit. The experiment is planned to push forward the develop…
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…