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Applying the Spacecraft with a Solar Sail to Form the Climate on a Mars Base

By Miroslav ROZHKOV, Irina GORBUNOVA and Olga STARINOVA

17th – 20th January, 2017, Kyoto, JAPAN

Reflecting the sunlight off a solar sail

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Znamya 2.5 plans. Image: Space Frontier Foundation / Energia.

Mathematical simulation

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Mathematical simulation

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KSKS

KBKBn +=

⋅=

⋅=

⋅=

).sin()sin(

),cos()sin(),cos(

iuS

iuSuS

z

y

x

S

SS

Simulation of motion

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aarg=+

2

2

dtd

0na ⋅= )(cos2

0θa

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

-25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

y, km103

x km103

Orbit’s shape in equatorial plane during flight.

SPT-290. Image: Experimental Design Bureau FAKEL

Simulation of motion without the component of the sail acceleration parallel to the equatorial plane

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Angle θ during one Martian day. Orbit’s shape in equatorial plane.

Formation of the orbit’s tilt angle

Altitude of the solar sail. Red line – motion without equalization, Black line – motion with new control law.

Equalization of the vertical component of the sail acceleration

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Solar sail’s orientation. Angle θ during one Martian day.

Simulation Analysis

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Half-yearly simulation session of illuminating the Mars base with coordinates 8° of the north latitude and 46° of the east

longitude.

Simulation Analysis

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Solar sail’s average altitude. Difference in positions.

Motion of the solar sail in equatorial plane. Definition of the angle δ.

Simulation Analysis

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Altitude of the solar sail. Red line – initial start from the areostationary orbit, Black line – initial start from the calculated altitude.

ra

g

znaz

⋅=⋅ 02

0)(cos θ

Conclusion

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An orbiting array of reflective balloons focuses sunlight onto the surface of Mars. Illustration: Rigel Woida / New Scientist / Space

Mirror.

По желанию – личные контактные данные автора,

телефон, e-mail

Miroslav Rozhkov, e-mail: daikongg@gmail.coom Olga Starinova, e-mail: solleo@mail.ru Irina Gorbunova, e-mail: gorbunovairina88@gmail.com