Research Article

Numerical Simulation of Interaction between Hall Thruster CEX Ions and SMART-1 Spacecraft

Table 3

Parameter values on one of solar arrays for different solar array rotation angle cases (at ).

Solar array rotation angle (in deg)Average energy (in W/m2)Disturbance normal force (in mN)Tangential force in array width direction (in mN)Tangential force in array length direction (in mN)

0 0.16692 0.09449 0 0.2071
45 0.12463 0.055120.0354 0.1562
90 0.02903 0.011050.00732 0.0748