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Reflectors act as solar sails and hence need a fuel supply to stay put.
by adrianN 3y ago
Reflectors act as solar sails and hence need a fuel supply to stay put.
- bell-cot 3y agoThey need active guidance systems. Being solar sails - with a competent design, they can be trimmed (small portions of the sails moved with electric motors to adjust the forces from the sun) for station-keeping.
- adrianN 3y agoI'm not sure how you'd trim solar sails so that the sun doesn't push them to a more distant orbit. I don't think sailing against the solar wind is possible.