Comet Rendezvous Mission Design Using Solar Electric Propulsion Spacecraft

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 698-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Kluever
Keyword(s):  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Mission Design ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion

Indirect low-thrust trajectory optimization with gridded ion thruster model

2021 ◽  
pp. 095441002110438
Author(s):  
Zhemin Chi ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Lin Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Trajectory Optimization ◽  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Specific Impulse ◽  
Input Power ◽  
Minimum Time ◽  
Mission Design ◽  
Low Thrust ◽  
Ion Thruster ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion ◽  
Operational Constraints

The work deals with indirect optimization of minimum-time and minimum-fuel interplanetary trajectories when gridded ion thruster models are considered. Using an accurate model of solar electric propulsion is beneficial in preliminary mission design, and allows including operational constraints. The maximum thrust and the specific impulse are expressed as a function of thruster input power, which is achieved by means of point-fitting lines that match the performance capabilities of the thrusters. Minimum-time and minimum-fuel problems are formulated to be solved by indirect optimization. In order to increase the accuracy and robustness of the shooting procedure, analytic Jacobians are derived, and a hybrid switching detection technique is used to improve the integration accuracy for minimum-fuel problems. Two examples of Earth-to-Mars transfer and Near-Earth rendezvous mission using the realistic NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) are given to substantiate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.

Mercury Mission Design Using Solar Electric Propulsion Spacecraft

1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig A. Kluever ◽  
Mudar Abu-Saymeh
Keyword(s):  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Mission Design ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion

Parasitic current losses due to solar electric propulsion generated plasmas

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. KATZ ◽  
D. PARKS ◽  
M. MANDELL ◽  
G. SCHNUELLE
Keyword(s):  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion

High power solar electric propulsion and the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Strange ◽  
John Brophy ◽  
Farah Alibay ◽  
Melissa L. McGuire ◽  
Brian Muirhead ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion
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