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View SchemaHigh Speed AB-Solar Sail
| Authors | A. Bolonkin |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0701073 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0701073 |
Abstract
The Solar sail is a large thin film used to collect solar light pressure for moving of space apparatus. Unfortunately, the solar radiation pressure is very small about 9 mkN/sq.m at Earth's orbit. However, the light force significantly increases up to 0.2 - 0.35 N/sq.m near the Sun. The author offers his research on a new revolutionary highly reflective solar sail which flyby (after special maneuver) near Sun and attains velocity up to 400 km/sec and reaching far planets of the Solar system in short time or enable flights out of Solar system. New, highly reflective sail-mirror allows avoiding the strong heating of the solar sail. It may be useful for probes close to the Sun and Mercury and Venus. Key words: AB-solar sail, highly reflective solar sail, high speed propulsion.
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"abstract": "The Solar sail is a large thin film used to collect solar light pressure for\nmoving of space apparatus. Unfortunately, the solar radiation pressure is very\nsmall about 9 mkN/sq.m at Earth\u0027s orbit. However, the light force significantly\nincreases up to 0.2 - 0.35 N/sq.m near the Sun. The author offers his research\non a new revolutionary highly reflective solar sail which flyby (after special\nmaneuver) near Sun and attains velocity up to 400 km/sec and reaching far\nplanets of the Solar system in short time or enable flights out of Solar\nsystem. New, highly reflective sail-mirror allows avoiding the strong heating\nof the solar sail. It may be useful for probes close to the Sun and Mercury and\nVenus.\n Key words: AB-solar sail, highly reflective solar sail, high speed\npropulsion.",
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