This paper presents the preliminary functional description of a solar electric propulsion spacecraft power subsystem for an Encke comet rendezvous mission in the 1980s. This description has been derived from the study of the mission requirements and constraints and the study of integrating a solar electric propulsion module with an existing spacecraft. Tradeoff studies performed in the process of selecting power subsystem parameters and performance characteristics are described. The power subsystem designs draw heavily on the designs for existing spacecraft and technology being developed in the electric propulsion research and development program supported by NASA.


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    Title :

    Solar electric propulsion spacecraft power subsystem for an Encke comet rendezvous mission


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    Conference:

    Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference ; 1974 ; San Francisco, CA


    Publication date :

    1974-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English