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Solar radiation pressure effects on the Helios spacecraftA mathematical model of the solar radiation force and torques, developed for the Mariner 10 Venus/Mercury spacecraft mission, was used for a detailed analysis of the effects of solar light pressure on the Helios spacecraft. Due to the fact that the main body of the Helios spacecraft is a surface of enclosure, inside of which most of the reradiated thermal energy is lost, expressions for the portion of the solar radiation force, produced by the thermal reradiation, had to be given a different form. Hence the need for the derivation of a somewhat different theoretical model for the force acting on the main body of the spacecraft.
Document ID
19760023170
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Georgevic, R. M.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
July 15, 1976
Subject Category
Launch Vehicles And Space Vehicles
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-148758
JPL-TM-33-778
Accession Number
76N30258
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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