Solar power to help propel the spacecraft to any location in a relatively short period of time.
has explored possibilities of conducting science observations by bringing together solar sails and miniaturized satellite technology.
“Together, small satellites with lightweight instruments and solar sails offer affordable access to deep regions of the solar system, also making it possible to realize hard-to-reach trajectories that are not constrained to the ecliptic plane,” reads the paper.The authors have named it a Sundiver concept, which offers several advantages over traditional space missions. Using solar sails would enable the development of lighter spacecraft, which could then carry larger payloads.
Interestingly, this power can be used to propel the spacecraft to any location in the solar system in a relatively short period of time, including the Oort cloud. It would allow reaching the “Jovian system in two years, and Saturn in three. The same technologies could allow reaching solar polar orbits in less than two years.
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