Solar Sails (Space Propulsion)
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Large deployable solar sails using proprietary stripe net architecture for propellant-free deep-space propulsion — 300 sq m quadrant of the 1200 sq m Sunjammer sail deployed.
Technical specifications
- Ground-deployed sail sizes
- 83 sq m and 318 sq m
- Sunjammer solar sail
- 1200 sq m total (300 sq m quadrant deployed)
- Deployment mechanism
- 4 independently-controlled sub-Tg conically-deployed composite booms
- Applications
- Debris removal, de-orbiting, pseudo-Lagrange points, pole-sitter satellites, deep-space propulsion
About
L.Garde solar sails use a unique stripe-net architecture for high system performance. The company has ground-deployed 83 sq m and 318 sq m solar sails in vacuum at NASA facilities using four independently controlled sub-Tg conically-deployed composite booms developed for the ISPSS program, and deployed a 300 sq m quadrant of the 1200 sq m Sunjammer solar sail — among the largest space structures ever deployed. Potential applications include debris removal, satellite de-orbiting, creating pseudo-Lagrange points, non-equatorial synchronous pole-sitter satellites, and deep-space propulsion.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
