| タイトル | iSat Surface Charging and Thruster Plume Interactions Analysis |
| 本文（外部サイト） | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20160005688 |
| 著者（英） | Willis, E.; Parker, L. Neergaard; Minow, J. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2016-04-04 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | NASA is designing the Iodine Satellite (iSAT) cubesat mission to demonstrate operations of an iodine electric thruster system. The spacecraft will be deployed as a secondary payload from a launch vehicle which has not yet been identified so the program must plan for the worst case environments over a range of orbital inclinations. We present results from a NASA and Air Force Charging Analyzer Program (NASCAP-2K) surface charging calculation used to evaluate the effects of charging on the spacecraft and to provide the charging levels at other locations in orbit for a thruster plume interaction analysis for the iSAT mission. We will then discuss results from the thruster interactions analysis using the Electric Propulsion Interactions Code (EPIC). The results of these analyses are being used by the iSAT program for a range of environments that could be encountered when the final mission orbit is selected. |
| NASA分類 | Spacecraft Propulsion and Power; Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance |
| レポートNO | M16-5185 |
| 権利 | Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright |
