“Psyche: Journey to a Metal World” was selected in 2017 as the 14th mission in NASA’s Discovery program. The mission uses an electric propulsion (EP) system to rendezvous with and orbit the large metal asteroid (16) Psyche. Spacecraft development is a hybrid approach with deep-space avionics provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and a solar electric propulsion chassis based on Maxar’s 1300-series GEO communications satellites. The payload suite is comprised of a magnetometer, multispectral imager, and gamma ray & neutron spectrometer science instruments and the Deep Space Optical Communications advanced technology demonstration.The spacecraft is currently in the final integration and test phase to support a planned launch period open in August 2022. With under a year until liftoff, final pre-liftoff preparations are underway for the mission’s major in-flight Phases. The Launch Phase is the mission’s only critical event as the vehicle autonomously deploys the solar arrays and delivers the spacecraft to a safe state. Following a planned 70-day Initial Checkout Phase, the spacecraft thrusts with the EP system through the majority of a 3.5-year Cruise Phase, which includes a Mars gravity assist, to rendezvous with (16) Psyche. The Approach Phase uses optical navigation while continuing to thrust with the EP engines to deliver the spacecraft into orbit. Orbital Operations are baselined for 20 months as the spacecraft steps through four progressively lower orbital altitudes to study the largest M-type asteroid in the solar system.


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    Titel :

    Preparations for the Launch, Cruise, and Orbital Operations Phases of the Psyche Mission


    Beteiligte:
    Hart, William (Autor:in) / Bairstow, Sarah (Autor:in) / Larson, Kristina (Autor:in) / Imken, Travis (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2022-03-05


    Medientyp :

    Preprint


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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