Scheme of a spacecraft for intercepting cometary nuclei passing through the circumterrestrial space is described. Interceptor is launched in the direction of a body motion, which catches up with the spacecraft. Interceptor delivers to the object a gas jet engine powered by solar energy, which brings the object to the intercepted body utilisation point.
Concept of interceptor against cometary nucleus in circumterrestrial space
XLIII ACADEMIC SPACE CONFERENCE: dedicated to the memory of academician S.P. Korolev and other outstanding Russian scientists – Pioneers of space exploration ; 2019 ; Moscow, Russia
AIP Conference Proceedings ; 2171 , 1
2019-11-15
4 pages
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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