The Spacecraft Design Course is the capstone design class for the M.S. in astronautics at the Naval Postgraduate School. The Fall 92 class designed a spacecraft for the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission (NEAR). The NEAR mission uses a robotic spacecraft to conduct up-close reconnaissance of a near-earth asteroid. Such a mission will provide information on Solar System formation and possible space resources. The spacecraft is intended to complete a NEAR mission as a relatively low-budget program while striving to gather as much information about the target asteroid as possible. A complete mission analysis and detailed spacecraft design were completed. Mission analysis includes orbit comparison and selection, payload and telemetry requirements, spacecraft configuration, and launch vehicle selection. Spacecraft design includes all major subsystems: structure, electrical power, attitude control, propulsion, payload integration, and thermal control. The resulting spacecraft demonstrates the possibility to meet the NEAR mission requirements using existing technology, 'off-the-shelf' components, and a relatively low-cost launch vehicle.


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    Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous project

    Santo, A. / Dunham, D. | AIAA | 1993


    APL's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Simulation

    Gottlieb, R. G. / Sponaugle, S. J. / Fraietta, M. F. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1995


    Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Spacecraft Overview

    Santo, A. G. / Lee, S. C. / Cheng, A. F. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996