Effect of a drag force due to absorption of solar radiation on solar sail orbital dynamics |
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| Institution: | 1. Physics Department, New York City College of Technology, The City University of New York, 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA;2. The Graduate School and University Center, The City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA;1. Beijing Aerospace Automatic Control Institute, Beijing 142402, China;2. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Aerospace Intelligence Control, Beijing 142402, China;3. School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;1. Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science ETH, Zürich, Switzerland;2. Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos – World Radiation Center, Davos, Switzerland;1. Space Weather Group, Environment and Technology Research Cluster, Department of Physical Sciences, Landmark University, P.M.B 1001, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria;2. Centre for Atmospheric Research, National Space Research and Development Agency, Anyigba, Nigeria;3. Department of Physics, University of Lagos, Nigeria;4. Department of Physics, University of Tasmania, Australia;5. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, UMR 7648, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, F-75005, Paris, France;6. T/ICT4D, ICTP, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera, 11, I - 34151, Trieste, Italy |
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| Abstract: | While solar electromagnetic radiation can be used to propel a solar sail, it is shown that the Poynting–Robertson effect related to the absorbed portion of the radiation leads to a drag force in the transversal direction. The Poynting–Robertson effect is considered for escape trajectories, Heliocentric bound orbits and non-Keplerian bound orbits. For escape trajectories, this drag force diminishes the cruising velocity, which has a cumulative effect on the Heliocentric distance. For Heliocentric and non-Keplerian bound orbits, the Poynting–Robertson effect decreases its orbital speed, thereby causing it to slowly spiral towards the Sun. Since the Poynting–Robertson effect is due to the absorbed portion of the electromagnetic radiation, degradation of a solar sail implies that this effect becomes enhanced during a mission. |
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