Uses of Solar Radiation for Formation Flying Control Around the Sun-Earth Libration Point

GONG Sheng-ping; LI Jun-feng; BAOYIN He-xi

doi:10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2009.08.007

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GONG Sheng-ping, LI Jun-feng, BAOYIN He-xi. Uses of Solar Radiation for Formation Flying Control Around the Sun-Earth Libration Point[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2009, 30(8): 945-952. doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2009.08.007

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Uses of Solar Radiation for Formation Flying Control Around the Sun-Earth Libration Point

doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2009.08.007

School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China

Received Date: 2008-09-04
Rev Recd Date: 2009-06-12
Publish Date: 2009-08-15

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Solar radiation pressure is made use to control the formation flying around L₂ libration point in the Sun-Earth system. Controlling formation flying around a Halo orbit requires very small thrust that cannot be satisfied by latest thrusters. Key contribution of this paper is the low continuous thrust produced by the solar radiation pressure to achieve the tight formation flying around libration point. However, only certain families of formation types can be controlled by solar radiation pressure force since the direction of solar radiation pressure is restricted to certain range. Two types of feasible formation using solar radiation pressure force control were designed. The conditions of the feasible formations were given analytically. Simulations were given for each case and the results show that the formations are well controlled by the solar radiation pressure.
- solar sail,
- solar radiation,
- Halo orbit,
- formation flying

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