JPC presentation of the Concept designs for NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Technology Demonstration mission paper. Multiple Solar Electric Propulsion Technology Demonstration Missions were developed to assess vehicle performance and estimated mission cost. Concepts ranged from a 10,000 kg spacecraft capable of delivering 4000 kg of payload to one of the Earth Moon Lagrange points in support of future human-crewed outposts to a 180 kg spacecraft capable of performing an asteroid rendezvous mission after launched to a geostationary transfer orbit as a secondary payload.
Overview: Solar Electric Propulsion Concept Designs for SEP Technology Demonstration Mission
AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference ; 2014 ; Cleveland, Ohio, United States
2014-07-28
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