Earth-crossing asteroid intercept mission with a solar sail spacecraft

A falling meteor that blazed and exploded over the Russian Ural Mountains on February 15, 2013, attracted attention from all over the world. It was estimated by the Russian Academy of Science and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that the meteor entered Earth's atmosphere at a speed of approximately 33-40 km/s. The successful flying of Ikaros (JAXA) and Nano Sail-D2 (NASA) in 2010 made solar sailing to be one of the most mature new types of propulsion systems to explore such meteors. There were many discussions and potential mission applications ranging from low- to high-performance solar sails. Researchers were looking for a type of trajectory That would allow a sailcraft to maneuver from its starting point to the collision point in a short mission time.