It is planned to use the SEPS as the upper stage of a transportation system capable of delivering either a separable payload spacecraft or an attached science package to a host of planetary targets including inner and outer planets, asteroids, and comets. It may also be employed in earth orbit to deliver and retrieve payloads in geosynchronous orbit. An investigation is conducted regarding the use of the SEPS for a relatively high energy out-of-ecliptic mission planned for 1980. Parametric performance data for the mission are considered along with trajectory characteristics, launch vehicle performance, and SEPS performance.


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    Title :

    Trajectory analysis for solar electric propulsion stage /SEPS/ out-of-ecliptic mission


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Electric Propulsion Conference ; 1975 ; New Orleans, LA


    Publication date :

    1975-03-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English