A particle sensor for a multifunctional membrane solar sail spacecraft

Details A particle sensor for a multifunctional membrane solar sail spacecraft A particle sensor for a multifunctional membrane solar sail spacecraft

Jan 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004adspr..34..219w&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, Volume 34, Issue 1, p. 219-223.

Computer Science

Outer Heliosphere, Solar Sail Spacecraft, Particle Sensor, Interstellar Probe

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Solar sail missions have been proposed to investigate the outer heliosphere and our galactic neighborhood. Solar sail spacecraft usually consist of a traditional spacecraft bus on which the chemical/electrical propulsion module is replaced by a sail. In this report we describe a solar sail spacecraft where the functions of the spacecraft bus are completely integrated in a multifunctional membrane. For such a multifunctional membrane spacecraft we present here a particle sensor to measure the plasma environment. Using microsystems technology, energy generation, control, communication and sensing are completely integrated in the solar sail. Large solar sail area leads to a large particle collection area.

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