| Autor: |
Joe Maly, Chris Pearson, Chris Loghry, Marissa Stender |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
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| Zdroj: |
2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference. |
| DOI: |
10.1109/aero.2015.7119064 |
| Popis: |
As rideshare launches become more available within the U.S., secondary payloads are still challenged by the limited choice of orbits and risk-adverse nature of primary payloads to allow for flexibility in the deployment sequence. The result is that a secondary payload's final orbit is limited by its host and the propulsion capability of the individual spacecraft. Many of these challenges can be met through the use of a propulsive rideshare adapter. The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission demonstrated the use of a propulsive EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) ring to expand and enhance an existing mission by utilizing the mass margin on a lunar launch. Similar propulsive ESPA technologies can be used as a baseline to provide orbit flexibility and optimization that was previously unattainable for secondary payloads. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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