Solar Sailing for Space Situational Awareness In the Lunar System

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (4)

Novel Solar-Sail Mission Concepts for High-Latitude Earth and Lunar Observation

Author(s): Jeannette Heiligers, Jeffrey S. Parker, Malcolm Macdonald
Published in: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 41/1, 2018, Page(s) 212-230, ISSN 0731-5090
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/1.G002919

Exploring the Heliogyro’s Orbital Control Capabilities for Solar Sail Halo Orbits

Author(s): Jeannette Heiligers, Daniel Guerrant, Dale Lawrence
Published in: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 40/10, 2017, Page(s) 2569-2586, ISSN 0731-5090
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/1.G002184

Extension of Earth-Moon Libration Point Orbits with Solar Sail Propulsion

Author(s): Heiligers, J., Macdonald, M, and Parker, J.S.
Published in: Astrophysics and Space Science, 361: 241, 2016, ISSN 1572-946X
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-016-2783-3

Optimal Trajectories for Planetary Pole-Sitter Missions

Author(s): Mike Walmsley, Jeannette Heiligers, Matteo Ceriotti, Colin McInnes
Published in: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 39/10, 2016, Page(s) 2461-2468, ISSN 0731-5090
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/1.G000465

Conference proceedings (10)

Time-Optimal Solar Sail Heteroclinic Connections for an Earth-Mars Cycler

Author(s): Vergaaij, M., and Heiligers, J.
Published in: 68th International Astronautical Congress, 2017
Publisher: International Astronautical Federation

Road Map to L4/L5 with a solar sail

Author(s): Ariadna Farres, Jeannette Heiligers, Narcis Miguel
Published in: 2018 Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2018, ISBN 978-1-62410-533-3
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2018-0211

Orbital dynamics of an oscillating sail in the Earth-Moon system

Author(s): Heiligers, J. and Ceriotti, M.
Published in: 4th International Symposium on Solar Sailing, 2017
Publisher: 4th International Symposium on Solar Sailing

Solving the heliogyro’s inverse problem

Author(s): Jeannette Heiligers, Daniel Guerrant, Dale Lawrence
Published in: AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2016, ISBN 978-1-62410-445-9
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-5334

Solar Sail Orbital Motion Above Asteroids and Binary Asteroid Systems

Author(s): Heiligers, J. and Scheeres, D.J.
Published in: 27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2017
Publisher: 27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting

Design and Applications of Solar Sail Periodic Orbits in the Non-Autonomous Earth-Moon System

Author(s): Heiligers, J., Macdonald, M., and Parker J.S.
Published in: AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2015
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Heliogyro Orbital Control Authority

Author(s): Heiligers, J., Guerrant, D., and Lawrence, D.
Published in: 25th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, 2015
Publisher: 25th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics

Low-Thrust Transfers from Distant Retrograde Orbits to L2 Halo Orbits in the Earth-Moon System

Author(s): Parrish, N.L., Parker, J.S., Hughes, S.P., and Heiligers, J.
Published in: 6th International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques, 2016
Publisher: 6th International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques

Continuous planetary polar observation from hybrid pole-sitters at Venus, Earth, and Mars

Author(s): Heiligers, J., van den Oever, T., Ceriotti, M., Mulligan, P., and McInnes, C.R.
Published in: 4th International Symposium on Solar Sailing, 2017
Publisher: 4th International Symposium on Solar Sailing

Novel solar sail mission concepts for high-latitude Earth and lunar observation

Author(s): Jeannette Heiligers, Jeffrey S. Parker, Malcolm Macdonald
Published in: AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2016, ISBN 978-1-62410-445-9
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-5373