Solar electric propulsion technology is currently being used for geostationary satellite station keeping. Analyses show that electric propulsion technologies can be used to obtain additional increases in payload mass by using them to perform part of the orbit transfer. Three electric propulsion technologies are examined at two power levels for geostationary insertion of an Atlas IIAS class spacecraft. The onboard chemical propulsion apogee engine fuel is reduced in this analysis to allow the use of electric propulsion. A numerical optimizer is used to determine the chemical burns that will minimize the electric propulsion transfer times. For a 1550-kg Atlas IIAS class payload, increases in net mass (geostationary satellite mass less wet propulsion system mass) of 150-800 kg are enabled by using electric propulsion for station keeping, advanced chemical engines for part of the transfer, and electric propulsion for the remainder of the transfer.


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    Title :

    Advanced Propulsion for Geostationary Orbit Insertion and North-South Station Keeping


    Contributors:
    S. R. Oleson (author) / R. M. Myers (author) / C. A. Kluever (author) / J. P. Riehl (author) / F. M. Curran (author)

    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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