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Boeing low-thrust geosynchronous transfer mission experience
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ho, Monte Poole, Mark |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Description | Since 2000, Boeing 702 satellites have used electric propulsion for transfer to geostationary orbits. The use of the 25cm Xenon Ion Propulsion System (25cm XIPS) results in more than a tenfold increase in specific impulse with the corresponding decrease in propellant mass needed to complete the mission when compared to chemical propulsion[1]. In addition to more favorable mass properties, with the use of XIPS, the 702 has been able to achieve orbit insertions with higher accuracy than it would have been possible with the use of chemical thrusters. This paper describes the experience attained by using the 702 XIPS ascent strategy to transfer satellite to geosynchronous orbits. |
| File Size | 110900 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20080012681 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t71w0gr2m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2007-09-24 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Electric Propulsion Propellants Satellite Orbits Transfer Orbits Xenon Insertion Ion Propulsion Specific Impulse Geosynchronous Orbits Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
