Analytical Framework for Staging of Space Propulsion Systems
Staging of space propulsion systems would allow lifetime limitations inherent to small propulsion systems to be bypassed in order to enable high-ΔV capabilities for small spacecraft, in particular mass and volume constrained CubeSats. In addition, staging can be used to provide redundancy in the pro...
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| author | Jia-Richards, Oliver Lozano, Paulo |
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| description | Staging of space propulsion systems would allow lifetime limitations inherent to small propulsion systems to be bypassed in order to enable high-ΔV capabilities for small spacecraft, in particular mass and volume constrained CubeSats. In addition, staging can be used to provide redundancy in the propulsion system, counteract thruster degradation, or open up new avenues of mission optimization. Analytical approximations are developed in order to provide a computationally simple approach to the design, analysis, definition of propulsion technology requirements, and online autonomous decision making for systems that make use of staging of propulsion elements. In addition, the analytical approximations provide insight into the dependencies of performance metrics on system parameters. Equations are developed for any mission, defined by its ΔV, and then specialized for escape trajectories. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1300482024-06-25T17:46:04Z Analytical Framework for Staging of Space Propulsion Systems Jia-Richards, Oliver Lozano, Paulo Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Staging of space propulsion systems would allow lifetime limitations inherent to small propulsion systems to be bypassed in order to enable high-ΔV capabilities for small spacecraft, in particular mass and volume constrained CubeSats. In addition, staging can be used to provide redundancy in the propulsion system, counteract thruster degradation, or open up new avenues of mission optimization. Analytical approximations are developed in order to provide a computationally simple approach to the design, analysis, definition of propulsion technology requirements, and online autonomous decision making for systems that make use of staging of propulsion elements. In addition, the analytical approximations provide insight into the dependencies of performance metrics on system parameters. Equations are developed for any mission, defined by its ΔV, and then specialized for escape trajectories. NASA (Grants 80NSSC18M0045, 80NSSC18K1186) 2021-03-02T17:08:38Z 2021-03-02T17:08:38Z 2020-07 2019-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1533-3876 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130048 Jia-Richards, Oliver and Paulo Lozano. "Analytical Framework for Staging of Space Propulsion Systems." Journal of Propulsion and Power 36, 4 (July 2020): dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.b37722. © 2020 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 10.2514/1.B37722 http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.b37722 Journal of Propulsion and Power Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Oliver Jia-Richards |
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