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Modelling Flexibility and Qualification Ability to Assess Electric Propulsion Architectures for Satellite Megaconstellations.
- Source :
- Aerospace (MDPI Publishing); Dec2020, Vol. 7 Issue 12, p176, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The higher satellite production rates expected in new megaconstellation scenarios involve radical changes in the way design trade-offs need to be considered by electric propulsion companies. In relative comparison, flexibility and qualification ability will have a higher impact in megaconstellations compared to traditional businesses. For these reasons, this paper proposes a methodology for assessing flexible propulsion architectures by taking into account variations in market behavior and qualification activities. Through the methodology, flexibility and qualification ability can be traded against traditional engineering attributes (such as functional performances) in a quantitative way. The use of the methodology is illustrated through an industrial case related to the study of xenon vs. krypton architectures for megaconstellation businesses. This paper provides insights on how to apply the methodology in other case studies, in order to enable engineering teams to present and communicate the impact of alternative architectural concepts to program managers and decision-makers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ELECTRIC propulsion
ABILITY
CASE studies
KRYPTON
XENON
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22264310
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Aerospace (MDPI Publishing)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147807987
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace7120176