Category
page 1Solar sailing
solar sail
type of spacecraft propulsion that takes advantage of solar radiation
electric sail
proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using the dynamic pressure of the solar wind as a source of thrust
OKEANOS
OKEANOS (Oversize Kite-craft for Exploration and Astronautics in the Outer Solar system) was a proposed mission concept to Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter's orbit, using a hybrid solar sail for propulsion; the sail was planned to be covered with thin solar panels to power an ion engine. In situ analysis of the collected samples would have been performed by either direct contact or using a lander carrying a high-resolution mass spectrometer. A sample-return to Earth was an option under study.