@Article{MeirelesPradMeloPere:2022:StDiAt,
               author = "Meireles, Lucas Gouv{\^e}a and Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini 
                         de Almeida and Melo, C. de and Pereira, M. C.",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Universidade Federal 
                         de Minas Gerais (UFMG)} and {Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 
                         (UFMG)}",
                title = "A study on different attitude strategies and mission parameters 
                         based on lightsail-2",
              journal = "Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica",
                 year = "2022",
               volume = "58",
               number = "1",
                pages = "23--35",
                month = "Apr.",
             keywords = "celestial mechanics, methods, numerical, minor planets, asteroids, 
                         general, space vehicles.",
             abstract = "The Planetary Society's LightSail-2 mission successfully validated 
                         the orbital maneuvering capability of a solar radiation pressure 
                         (SRP) propelled spacecraft. This paper presents a study on two 
                         alternative attitude strategies for the orientation of a solar 
                         sail. The goal is to increase the effect of the SRP acceleration 
                         over the spacecraft's orbital trajectory, with the intention of 
                         maintaining or even gaining altitude over time. Furthermore, one 
                         of these strategies was employed while varying a few of the 
                         mission's parameters to determine if it would be viable to 
                         maintain the spacecraft's average altitude. Results show that it 
                         is possible to increase the average altitude of the spacecraft 
                         over time while still reducing the number of maneuvers necessary 
                         to change the spacecraft's attitude. With that result in hand, it 
                         is also possible to change some of the mission parameters without 
                         compromising the solar sailing performance.",
                  doi = "10.22201/ia.01851101p.2022.58.01.02",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/ia.01851101p.2022.58.01.02",
                 issn = "0185-1101",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "meireles_2022.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "02 maio 2024"
}