Plasma Ben | Earth escape trajectory from LEO. Code name: BravoSat. @benwl | Uploaded 11 years ago | Updated 1 day ago
Earth-escape trajectory for BravoSat mission using 200 W thrust maneuvers over 10 minutes at perigee (energetically feasible given other spacecraft parameters), exploiting the passive magnetic stabilization scheme resulting from the engine's permanent magnets. BravoSat starts in a 500 km by 1500 km polar orbit and escapes Earth in under 3 years with less than 1 kg of fuel (2.5 kg dry mass).
STK simulations and videos produced by: S. Spangelo. http://saraspangelo.com/consulting
http://pepl.engin.umich.edu/thrusters/CAT.html
Ongoing support provided by AGI: http://www.agi.com
S. C. Spangelo, B. W. Longmier, BravoSat: Optimizing the Delta-V Capability of a CubeSat Mission with Novel Plasma Propulsion Technology, Interplanetary Small Satellite Conference, Pasadena, CA, June 20-21, 2013
Earth-escape trajectory for BravoSat mission using 200 W thrust maneuvers over 10 minutes at perigee (energetically feasible given other spacecraft parameters), exploiting the passive magnetic stabilization scheme resulting from the engine's permanent magnets. BravoSat starts in a 500 km by 1500 km polar orbit and escapes Earth in under 3 years with less than 1 kg of fuel (2.5 kg dry mass).
STK simulations and videos produced by: S. Spangelo. http://saraspangelo.com/consulting
http://pepl.engin.umich.edu/thrusters/CAT.html
Ongoing support provided by AGI: http://www.agi.com
S. C. Spangelo, B. W. Longmier, BravoSat: Optimizing the Delta-V Capability of a CubeSat Mission with Novel Plasma Propulsion Technology, Interplanetary Small Satellite Conference, Pasadena, CA, June 20-21, 2013