Design and application of solar sailing: A review on key technologies  

作　　者：Pengyuan ZHAO Chenchen WU Yangmin LI 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Robotics,Shenyang Institute of Automation,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shenyang 110016,China [2]Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shenyang 110169,China [3]University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China [4]The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,Hong Kong 999077,China

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Aeronautics》2023年第5期125-144,共20页中国航空学报（英文版）

基　　金：co-supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51905527);China Scholarship Council(No.202104910450).

摘　　要：Solar sail technology has been proposed and developed for space explorations with advantages of low launch cost,no-propellant consumption,and continuous thrust,which has great potentials in earth polar detection,interstellar explorations and etc.The development of solar sail has made significant progress in structural design,manufacturing,materials,orbit transfer,and stability control in the past few decades,which makes meaningful contributions to astronomy,physics,and aerospace science.Technological breakthroughs of Solar Radiation Pressure(SRP)propulsion and interstellar transfer have been achieved in current solar sail missions.However,there are still many challenges and problems need to be solved.This paper attempts to summarize the research schemes and potential applications of solar sailing in space missions from the viewpoint of key technologies,so as to provide an overall perspective for researchers in this field.Analyses of the key technologies of solar sailing system design are provided.Finally,challenges and prospective development of solar sailing are discussed.

关 键 词：Deployment mechanism Membrane structures Solar radiation pressure Solar sails Solar sail missions 

分 类 号：V442[航空宇航科学与技术—飞行器设计]