The interactions between a spacecraft which would rendezvous with the comet Tempel II, the stage, and the mission design are summarized along with solar electric propulsion system design issues. Attention is given to data communication, the spacecraft pointing control system, spacecraft power, plasma interactions, the release of a probe to study the comet Halley, and thruster usage. It was concluded that for a planetary mission design using a low-thrust stage, the control of the mission should reside in the payload spacecraft and that the power should be provided by the stage; the NASA standard 28 VDC bus is recommended.


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    Title :

    Planetary spacecraft - SEPS interface design


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Joint Propulsion Conference ; 1980 ; Hartford, CT


    Publication date :

    1980-06-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English