Circular Sail - Revision history

Ben: added reference to Interstellar Probe and design paper

2009-08-27T14:54:21Z

added reference to Interstellar Probe and design paper

Ben at 15:34, 30 June 2009

2009-06-30T15:34:50Z

Ben at 19:36, 28 August 2008

2008-08-28T19:36:08Z

Ben at 21:07, 30 September 2007

2007-09-30T21:07:45Z

Ben at 16:19, 22 April 2006

2006-04-22T16:19:31Z

New page

Back to [[Main Page]] > [[Solar Sail Design]] > [[Spin Stabilized]]

Circular sails are large, spinning disks supported only by lightweight tension lines to carry loads except at the center, where a structure is needed to carry loads between the payload, control system, and sail. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory studied a solar sail design similar to those shown below in the late 1970's for a rendezvous with Halley's comet.

[[Image:disk.jpg|thumb|left|Circular solar sail]]
[[Image:disk2.jpg|thumb|left|Close-up view]]

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The pictures below are the original images for this page that were rendered with the Persistance of Vision Ray Tracer (Povray). This sail is controlled by allowing sail panels to move outwards so sunlight pushes off center to turn the sail. Select here for the Povray source.

[[Image:circular.jpg|thumb|left|Circular sail done in Povray]]
[[Image:circular.zoom.jpg|thumb|left|Close-up view]]

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-Circular sails are large, spinning disks supported only by lightweight tension lines to carry loads except at the center, where a structure is needed to carry loads between the payload, control system, and sail. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory studied a solar sail design similar to those shown below in the late 1970's for a rendezvous with Halley's comet.
+Circular sails are large, spinning disks supported only by lightweight tension lines to carry loads except at the center, where a structure is needed to carry loads between the payload, control system, and sail. The [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)] studied a solar sail design similar to those shown below in the late 1970's for a rendezvous with Halley's comet. A similar design was developed by [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov JPL] for the [[Interstellar Probe]] mission<cite>Garneretal2000</cite>
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 Circular sails are large, spinning disks supported only by lightweight tension lines to carry loads except at the center, where a structure is needed to carry loads between the payload, control system, and sail. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory studied a solar sail design similar to those shown below in the late 1970's for a rendezvous with Halley's comet.
-[[Image:disk.jpg|thumb|left|Circular solar sail]]
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-[[Image:disk2.jpg|thumb|left|Close-up view]]
+|[[Image:disk.jpg|thumb|left|Circular solar sail]]
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 The pictures below are the original images for this page that were rendered with the Persistance of Vision Ray Tracer (Povray). This sail is controlled by allowing sail panels to move outwards so sunlight pushes off center to turn the sail. Select here for the Povray source.
-[[Image:circular.jpg|thumb|left|Circular sail done in Povray]]
+{|align="left"
-[[Image:circular.zoom.jpg|thumb|left|Close-up view]]
+|[[Image:circular.jpg|thumb|left|Circular sail done in Povray]]