The end-of-life disposal of satellites in libration-point orbits using solar radiation pressure

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• 作者：Stefania Soldini ; ^{s.soldini@soton.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Camilla Colombo ^{c.colombo@soton.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Scott Walker ^{sjiw@soton.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：AU ; astronomical unit ; CR3BP ; circular restricted three body problem ; EOL ; end-of-life ; ER3BP ; elliptic restricted three body problem ; ESA ; European Space Agency ; GEO ; Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit ; JAXA ; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ; LPO ; libration-point orbit ; SRP ; solar radiation pressure ; ZVC ; zero velocity curve
• 刊名：Advances in Space Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：15 April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：57
• 期：8
• 页码：1664-1679
• 全文大小：5194 K

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This paper proposes an end-of-life propellant-free disposal strategy for libration-point orbits which uses solar radiation pressure to restrict the evolution of the spacecraft motion. The spacecraft is initially disposed into the unstable manifold leaving the libration-point orbit, before a reflective sun-pointing surface is deployed to enhance the effect of solar radiation pressure. Therefore, the consequent increase in energy prevents the spacecraft’s return to Earth. Three European Space Agency missions are selected as test case scenarios: Herschel, SOHO and Gaia. Guidelines for the end-of-life disposal of future libration-point orbit missions are proposed and a preliminary study on the effect of the Earth’s orbital eccentricity on the disposal strategy is shown for the Gaia mission.