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Architecture Of A Sciencecraft To Fly Past Pluto

Authors :
Price, Humphrey W
Staehle, Robert L
Alkalaj, Leon
Terrile, Richard J
Miyake, Robert N
Source :
NASA Tech Briefs. 19(12)
Publication Year :
1995
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1995.

Abstract

Two reports discuss architecture of proposed small sciencecraft carrying scientific instruments on trajectory passing near Pluto and continuing into interstellar space. Emphasizes those aspects of design pertaining to compactness, efficiency, and small mass (dry mass less than 100 kg). System block diagram of sciencecraft divided into blocks for sensors, integrated microelectronics, and motive effectors.

Subjects

Subjects :
Electronic Systems

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0145319X
Volume :
19
Issue :
12
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Journal :
NASA Tech Briefs
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.19950071296
Document Type :
Report