A dual comet (Halley Flyby/Tempel 2 Rendezvous) mission, which is planned to be the first to use the Solar Electric Propulsion System (SEPS), is to be launched in 1985. The purpose of this paper is to describe how the mission design attempts to maximize science return while working within spacecraft and other constraints. Science requirements and desires are outlined and specific instruments are considered. Emphasis is on the strategy for operations in the vicinity of Tempel 2, for which a representative profile is described. The mission is planned to extend about one year past initial rendezvous. Because of the large uncertainty in the comet environment the Tempel 2 operations strategy must be highly adaptive.


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    Titel :

    Comet rendezvous mission design using Solar Electric Propulsion


    Beteiligte:
    Sackett, L. L. (Autor:in) / Hastrup, R. C. (Autor:in) / Yen, C.-W. L. (Autor:in) / Wood, L. J. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    American Astronautical Society and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 1979 ; Provincetown, MA


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.06.1979


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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