The mission overview of the Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF) spacecraft, which is planned to rendezvous with Comet Kopff in 1998, is presented, together with the CRAF mission trajectory. The preliminary thermal design of the CRAF spacecraft is discussed, with emphasis placed on the Low Precision Pointing Platform, Bus, Propulsion Module, and Comet Penetrator, the thermal design of which was impacted most by the comet environment. Model simulations showed the design of the bus and the propulsion module subsystems to be adequate. Configuration diagrams are included.
Thermal design for the Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby spacecraft
01.06.1989
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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