Recent studies suggest significant benefits from using 1st and 2nd generation Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) as a power source for electric propulsion (EP) missions to the outer planets. This study focuses on trajectories to the Trojan asteroids. A high level analysis is performed with chemical trajectories to determine potential canidates for REP trajectory optimization. Extensive analysis of direct trajectories using REP is performed on these candidates. Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) trajectories are also considered for comparison against REP trajectories.
Analysis of Chemical, REP, and SEP missions to the Trojan asteroids
AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2005 ; Lake Tahoe, CA, United States
2005-08-08
Conference paper
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English
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