Plasma Ben | Earth escape trajectory from LEO. Code name: SierraSat. @benwl | Uploaded 11 years ago | Updated 11 minutes ago
Earth-escape trajectory for BravoSat mission with constant 10 W thrust maneuver along the velocity vector (energetically feasible given other spacecraft parameters). BravoSat starts in a 700 km circular polar orbit and escapes in under one year with 2.5 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 with constant 10 W thrust maneuver along the velocity vector (energetically feasible given other spacecraft parameters). BravoSat starts in a 700 km circular polar orbit and escapes in under one year with 2.5 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
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Space Center Lecture Series
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A Private Astronauts Path to Space
Richard Garriott
Mar 4, 2010
Houston, TX
Richard Garriott became the first second generation American in space when he launched aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA 13 on October 12, 2008. He achieved this goal by helping to usher in the era of private human access to space. He will talk about his own path to the stars, and what the coming fleet of private spacecraft means to the future of human spaceflight.
For a man who has experienced a lifetime of adventures ranging from the icy desert of Antarctica to the watery depths of the Titanic, space seems to have been the only stone left unturned for this explorer. A video game pioneer, Richard Garriott, traveled into orbit in October 2008 to fulfill a lifelong dream that has been with him since his youth. Born on July 4th, 1961 in Cambridge, England, as a son of astronaut Owen Garriott, Richard was set to start a life that would be unlike any other. Space flight was in the family.")
