A slow flyby of the periodic comet, Encke, prior to its perihelion passage in 1980 has been shown to be a feasible mission for a solar electric propulsion spacecraft using a moderate power level of around 15 kw. The mission is accomplished in slightly less than two years with a planned miss distance and flyby speed of 1000 km and 4 km/s respectively. The results of a performance tradeoff study are presented together with a description of the nominal trajectory. The trajectories used in these mission studies were calculated using an updated model of the 30 cm mercury bombardment thruster's performance. The trajectory simulations include optimum staging of operating thrusters as a function of input power level constraints and limits on the variation of thruster specific impulse and efficiency as a function of thruster input power.


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    Titel :

    Trajectory design of a solar electric propulsion Encke slow flyby mission


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Electric Propulsion Conference ; 1975 ; New Orleans, LA


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.03.1975


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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