Many potential strategies exist for the transfer of spacecraft from low Earth orbit (LEO) to geosynchronous (GEO) orbit. One strategy has generally been utilized, that being a single impulsive burn at perigee and a GEO insertion burn at apogee. Multiple burn strategies were discussed for orbit transfer vehicles (OTVs) but the transfer times and radiation exposure, particularly for potentially manned missions, were used as arguments against those options. Quantitative results concerning the trip time and radiation encountered by multiple burn orbit transfer missions in order to establish the feasibility of manned missions, the vulnerability of electronics, and the shielding requirements are presented. The performance of these multiple burn missions is quantified in terms of the payload and propellant variances from the minimum energy mission transfer. The missions analyzed varied from one to eight perigee burns and ranged from a high thrust, 1 g acceleration, cryogenic hydrogen-oxygen chemical prpulsion system to a continuous burn, 0.001 g acceleration, hydrogen fueled resistojet propulsion system with a trip time of 60 days.
Radiation Exposure and Performance of Multiple Burn Leo-Geo Orbit Transfer Trajectories
1985
14 pages
Report
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English
Spacecraft Trajectories & Flight Mechanics , Earth orbits , Geosynchronous orbits , Interorbital trajectories , Interstellar radiation , Radiation dosage , Transfer orbits , Apogees , Flight time , Low thrust propulsion , Multistage rocket vehicles , Orbit transfer vehicles , Perigees , Radiation effects , Spacecraft shielding
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