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Research Article | Open Access

Trajectory design for a solar-sail mission to asteroid 2016 HO3

Jeannette Heiligers1( ), Juan M. Fernandez2, Olive R. Stohlman2, W. Keats Wilkie2
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, the Netherlands
Structural Dynamics Branch, Langley Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hampton, Virginia, 23681-2199, USA
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Abstract

This paper proposes the use of solar-sail technology currently under development at NASA Langley Research Center for a CubeSat rendezvous mission with asteroid 2016 HO3, a quasi-satellite of Earth. Time-optimal trajectories are sought for within a 2022-2023 launch window, starting from an assumed launcher ejection condition in the Earth-Moon system. The optimal control problem is solved through a particular implementation of a direct pseudo-spectral method for which initial guesses are generated through a relatively simple and straightforward genetic algorithm search on the optimal launch date and sail attitude. The results show that the trajectories take 2.16-4.21 years to complete, depending on the assumed solar-sail reflectance model and solar-sail technology. To assess the performance of solar-sail propulsion for this mission, the trajectory is also designed assuming the use of solar electric propulsion. The resulting fuel-optimal trajectories take longer to complete than the solar-sail trajectories and require a propellant consumption that exceeds the expected propellant capacity onboard the CubeSat. This comparison demonstrates the superior performance of solar-sail technology for this mission.

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trajectory optimizationsolar sailasteroid 2016 HO3solar electric propulsiontrajectory design

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Astrodynamics
Volume 3 Issue 3,
September 2019
Pages 231-246
DOI: 10.1007/s42064-019-0061-1
Cite this article:
Heiligers J, Fernandez JM, Stohlman OR, et al. Trajectory design for a solar-sail mission to asteroid 2016 HO3. Astrodynamics, 2019, 3(3): 231-246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42064-019-0061-1

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Received: 01 May 2019
Accepted: 06 June 2019
Published: 07 September 2019
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