What is it about?
A treatment was made to control the orbit position against the perturbation effect of solar radiation pressure. This was achieved through balancing the argument of perigee and longitude of ascending node of the spacecraft, by using the specific charge density (charge per mass unit). This charge was used to control the required value of Lorentz Force to provide the desired balance. The variations of the orbital elements due to both forces were calculated.
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Why is it important?
Numerical investigations have been developed to show the evolution of the charge quantity for different orbital parameters at both Low Earth and Geosynchronous Orbits.
Perspectives
The proposed technical model is considered in the modern literature as closely related to both the electrodynamic sweeping of outer space around the Earth and the nano-electrodynamic spacecraft of future space exploration.
Prof. Elbaz I. Abouelmagd
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG)
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This page is a summary of: Controlling the Perturbations of Solar Radiation Pressure on the Lorentz Spacecraft, Symmetry, August 2020, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/sym12091423.
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