A satellite system and method features one or more electric propulsion thrusters optimized to have a specific impulse for station keeping and connected to a propellant tank for ionizing a propellant during station keeping maneuvers and receiving power from a solar photovoltaic array via a power management and distribution system during station keeping maneuvers; one or more electric propulsion thrusters are optimized to have a thrust for orbit raising and are connected to the propellant tank for ionizing the propellant during orbit raising maneuvers and receiving power directly from the solar photovoltaic array during orbit raising maneuvers or from the power management and distribution system
GEOSAT PROPULSION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE WITH ELECTRIC APOGEE MOTOR
22.12.2016
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |