Preliminary Comparison Between Nuclear-Electric and Solar-Electric Propulsion Systems for Future Mars Missions

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe R. Koppel
Keyword(s):  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Propulsion Systems ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion ◽  
Preliminary Comparison ◽  
Mars Missions

Solar electric propulsion for human mars missions

2019 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 183-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franklin Chang Díaz ◽  
John Carr ◽  
Les Johnson ◽  
William Johnson ◽  
Giancarlo Genta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion ◽  
Mars Missions

scholarly journals Chemical and Solar-Electric-Propulsion Systems Analyses for Mars Sample Return Missions

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 170-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin B. Donahue ◽  
Shaun E. Green ◽  
Victoria L. Coverstone ◽  
Byoungsam Woo
Keyword(s):  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Propulsion Systems ◽  
Sample Return ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion

Mars Missions Using Solar Electric Propulsion

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven N. Williams ◽  
Victoria Coverstone-Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion ◽  
Mars Missions

scholarly journals Analysis of Electric Propulsion System for Exploration of Saturn

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Renato Huaura Solórzano ◽  
Antonio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado ◽  
Alexander Alexandrovich Sukhanov
Keyword(s):  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Propulsion System ◽  
Keplerian Orbit ◽  
Low Thrust ◽  
Propulsion Systems ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Outer Planets ◽  
Electric Propulsion System ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion

Exploration of the outer planets has experienced new interest with the launch of the Cassini and the New Horizons Missions. At the present time, new technologies are under study for the better use of electric propulsion system in deep space missions. In the present paper, the method of the transporting trajectory is used to study this problem. This approximated method for the flight optimization with power-limited low thrust is based on the linearization of the motion of a spacecraft near a keplerian orbit that is close to the transfer trajectory. With the goal of maximizing the mass to be delivered in Saturn, several transfers were studied using nuclear, radioisotopic and solar electric propulsion systems.

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