Swarm Of Lightsail Nanosatellites For Solar System Exploration - Space Ref

This paper presents a study for a space mission which employs nanosatellites driven by an external laser source impinging on a lightsail

a)Schematic representation (not in scale) of the nanosatellite, comprising the lightsail (LS) and the payload (PL). b) Temperature analysis for different laser powers (P): 10 MW, 100 MW, 1 GW and 10 … [+2575 chars]

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