Electric Sail Test Cube–Lunar Nanospacecraft, ESTCube-LuNa: Solar Wind Propulsion Demonstration Mission Concept

Electric Sail Test Cube–Lunar Nanospacecraft, ESTCube-LuNa: Solar Wind Propulsion Demonstration Mission Concept

The electric solar wind sail, or E-sail, is a propellantless interplanetary propulsion system concept. By deflecting solar wind particles off their original course, it can generate a propulsive effect with nothing more than an electric charge. The high-voltage charge is applied to one or multiple ce...

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Main Authors: Andris Slavinskis, Mario F. Palos, Janis Dalbins, Pekka Janhunen, Martin Tajmar, Nickolay Ivchenko, Agnes Rohtsalu, Aldo Micciani, Nicola Orsini, Karl Mattias Moor, Sergei Kuzmin, Marcis Bleiders, Marcis Donerblics, Ikechukwu Ofodile, Johan Kütt, Tõnis Eenmäe, Viljo Allik, Jaan Viru, Pätris Halapuu, Katriin Kristmann, Janis Sate, Endija Briede, Marius Anger, Katarina Aas, Gustavs Plonis, Hans Teras, Kristo Allaje, Andris Vaivads, Lorenzo Niccolai, Marco Bassetto, Giovanni Mengali, Petri Toivanen, Iaroslav Iakubivskyi, Mihkel Pajusalu, Antti Tamm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Aerospace
Subjects:
electric solar wind sail
lunar orbit
cubesat
in-orbit demonstration
interplanetary nanospacecraft
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/11/3/230

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