Publication Date:
2019-08-26
Description:
This paper discusses the expansion of the Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS) with Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP). The research investigates the existence of new launch seasons that would have been impossible to achieve using only chemical propulsion. Furthermore, this paper shows that SEP can be used to significantly reduce the launch mass and in some cases the flight time of potential missions as compared to the current, purely chemical trajectories identified by the NHATS project.
Keywords:
Spacecraft Propulsion and Power; Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Astrodynamics
Type:
AAS 15-598
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GSFC-E-DAA-TN25191
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2015 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference; Aug 09, 2015 - Aug 13, 2015; Vail, CO; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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