Figure 6
From: Swarm of lightsail nanosatellites for Solar System exploration
(a) Schematic representation (not in scale) of the nanosatellite, comprising the lightsail (\(\text{LS}\)) and the payload (\(\text{PL}\)). (b) Temperature analysis for different laser powers P, being 10 MW, 100 MW, 1 GW and 10 GW, in the case \(d(\text{PL})=50\) cm. (c) Temperature analysis for \(P=10\) GW varying the distance \(d(\text{PL})\). (d) The maps (top panel) and the plot (bottom panel) report the deformations and the average rotation, respectively, occurring on the lightsail as function of the distance \(d(\text{PL})\).
