Probe to approach sun to perihelion distance of three solar radii is shown to be feasible within next two decades and will perform measurements of coronal magnetic field, coronal bulk flow patterns, and super-thermal particles; nuclear-electric propulsion with simple thrusting program will be used; final orbit is highly elliptical and does not require thrust to be applied at distances too close to sun for operation of 500-kwe SNAP-50-type nuclear-electric system; description of systems of electrically propelled spacecraft that transports sun orbiter.
Close-approach solar probe design feasibility and mission study
J Spacecraft Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 2 , n 4
1965
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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