Modelling of Solar Radiation Pressure Effects: Parameter Analysis for the MICROSCOPE Mission

Figure 4

Upper part (a, b, c, and d): different geometry models for the SRP computation with same projected area in -direction. Lower part (a, b, c, and d): projected area () as function of incident sunray in polar coordinates and for the corresponding models and the sphere model (constant level).

(a) Disk

(b) Simple box

(c) Wing-Box

(d) FEM