TY - GEN
T1 - Worlds first solar power sail demonstration flight in interplanetary cruise in 2010
AU - Kawaguchi, Jun'ichiro
AU - Mori, Osamu
AU - Tsuda, Yuichi
AU - Yamamoto, Takayuki
AU - Funase, Ryu
AU - Sawada, Hirotaka
AU - Kawakatsu, Yasuhiro
AU - Morimoto, Mutsuko
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will make the world's first solar power sail craft demonstrate for both its photon propulsion and thin film solar power generation during its interplanetary cruise. The spacecraft deploys and spans its membrane of 20 meters in diameter taking the advantage of the spin centrifugal force. The spacecraft weighs approximately 300kg, launched together with the agency's Venus Climate Orbiter, PLANET-C in June of 2010. This will be the first actual solar sail flying an interplanetary voyage.
AB - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will make the world's first solar power sail craft demonstrate for both its photon propulsion and thin film solar power generation during its interplanetary cruise. The spacecraft deploys and spans its membrane of 20 meters in diameter taking the advantage of the spin centrifugal force. The spacecraft weighs approximately 300kg, launched together with the agency's Venus Climate Orbiter, PLANET-C in June of 2010. This will be the first actual solar sail flying an interplanetary voyage.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950479106
SN - 9781615671601
T3 - International Astronautical Federation - 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008, IAC 2008
SP - 1658
EP - 1664
BT - International Astronautical Federation - 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008, IAC 2008
T2 - 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008, IAC 2008
Y2 - 29 September 2008 through 3 October 2008
ER -