The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solar Electric Propulsion Technology Demonstration Mission (SEP TDM), in conjunction with PC Krause and Associates, has created a Simulink-based power architecture model for a 50 kilo-Watt (kW) solar electric propulsion system. NASA has extended this model to investigate 150 kW solar electric propulsion systems. Increasing the power capability to 150 kW is an intermediate step to the anticipated power requirements for Mars and other deep space applications. The high-power solar electric propulsion capability has been identified as a critical part of NASA’s future beyond-low-Earth-orbit for human-crewed exploration missions. This paper presents four versions of a 150 kW architecture, simulation results, and a discussion of their merits.
150 kW Class Solar Electric Propulsion Spacecraft Power Architecture Model
2017
12 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Space Technology , Computerized simulation , Propulsion system performance , Electric propulsion , Life support systems , Manned space flight , Solar arrays , Solar electric propulsion , Spacecraft models , Deep space , Long duration space flight , Nasa programs , Stability tests , Systems engineering , Technology utilization
150 kW Class Solar Electric Propulsion Spacecraft Power Architecture Model (AIAA 2017-4872)
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