Hires_Cartoon (IMAGE)

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering

Hires_Cartoon

Caption

Cartoon representation of a) current aerobraking with static, perpendicular solar panels, and b) the proposed concept using rotating solar panels to actively control the trajectory.

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The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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