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Solar Electric Propulsion System Integration Technology (SEPSIT). Volume 2: Encke rendezvous mission and space vehicle functional description

J. A. Gardner

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A solar electric propulsion system integration technology study is discussed. Detailed analyses in support of the solar electric propulsion module were performed. The thrust subsystem functional description is presented. The space vehicle and the space mission to which the propulsion system is applied are analyzed.

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Key concepts: Propulsion, Aerospace engineering, Rendezvous, Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion, In-space propulsion technologies, Ion thruster, Spacecraft propulsion, Thrust