This paper summarizes a portion of the planetary mission analysis results of past and present studies conducted by Rockwell International for NASA-MSFC (Contract NAS8-27360) dealing with the feasibility of a Solar Electric Propulsion Stage (SEPS). The SEPS is envisioned as an upper stage of a transportation system capable of delivering either separable payload spacecraft or attached science packages to various planetary targets. The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate that, from a payload performance capability standpoint, a common SEP Stage can deliver various payloads to a host of planetary targets including inner and outer planets, asteroids, and comets.


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    Title :

    Trajectory analysis for solar electric propulsion stage /SEPS/ planetary missions


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Electric Propulsion Conference ; 1973 ; Lake Tahoe, NV


    Publication date :

    1973-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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