Statites & Quasites

We now have around 5000 satellites in orbit of the Earth and all of them are compelled to follow orbital paths dictated by Johannes Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion, first written down in the early 17th century. Could there be a way to hack the orbital physics and break away from Kepler's Laws? Today we'll explore a novel space technology called statites, and a twist on it we're calling quasites, that could very well do exactly this.

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The paper I put together can be found at:
► Kipping, David (2019), "Transiting Quasites as a Possible Technosignature", submitted: http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu/quasites.pdf

References cited:
► Robert Forward (submitted 1989, published 1993), “Statite: spacecraft that utilizes sight pressure and method of use”, US Patent 5183225A: https://patents.google.com/patent/US5183225A/en
► McInnes & Simmons (1992): “Solar Sail Halo Orbits Part I - Heliocentric Case”, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, 466: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/3.25487
► McInnes & Simmons (1992): “Solar Sail Halo Orbits Part II - Geocentric Case”, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, 472: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/3.55639
► Baig & McInnes (2010), “Light levitated geostationary cylindrical orbits are feasible”, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 33, 782: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/18865/

Video materials and graphics used:
► Analemma visualization clip from spaceborne: https://youtu.be/V1omYlc27y4
► Lightsail animations by the Planetary Society: https://youtu.be/bI_FH_2Cqr8 and https://youtu.be/-OmGvycgNCg
► IKAROS footage courtesy of JAXA and online via: https://youtu.be/wUSjggdG9KU
► Kepler-11 orbital animation by NASA JPL: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/archive/PIA13833_Kepler-11_Animation_lg.mov

Music used:
► Music from Neptune Flux, "We Were Never Meant to Live Here" by Chris Zabriskie (http://chriszabriskie.com/); licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
► Cylinder Eight (http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/) by Chris Zabriskie (http://chriszabriskie.com/); licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
► Background song 3 is "Waking Up" by Atlas, licensed through SoundStripe.com: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/3984
► Music from Neptune Flux, "We Were Never Meant to Live Here" http://chriszabriskie.com/neptuneflux/
► Music from Neptune Flux, "The Oceans Continue to Rise" http://chriszabriskie.com/neptuneflux/
► Music from Honor, "The Sun Is Scheduled to Come Out Tomorrow" http://chriszabriskie.com/honor/
► Outro music is a synthesized cover of "Final Frontier" by 伍庭曄 (original by Thomas Bergersen): https://youtu.be/5hBqy38BfTA

And also...
► Columbia University Department of Astronomy: http://www.astro.columbia.edu
► Cool Worlds Lab website: http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu

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