Concept of electric propulsion realization for high power space tug

L. E. Zakharenkov; A. V. Semenkin; A. E. Solodukhin

doi:10.1051/eucass/201608165

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10.1051/eucass/201608165

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Issue		Volume 8, 2016 Progress in Propulsion Physics


Page(s)		165 - 180
Section		Liquid and electric space propulsion
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eucass/201608165
Published online		06 July 2016

Progress in Propulsion Physics 8 (2016) 165-180

Concept of electric propulsion realization for high power space tug

L. E. Zakharenkov, A. V. Semenkin and A. E. Solodukhin

SSC Keldysh Research Centre 8 Onezhskaya Str., Moscow 125438, Russia

Abstract

Popular at the beginning of the Space Age, ambitious projects aimed at Moon, Mars, and other space objects exploration, have returned with new technology and design level. High power space tug with electric propulsion system (EPS) is mainly considered as a transport vehicle for such missions. Modern high power space tugs projects as well as their spacecraft (SC) power and propulsion systems are reviewed in the paper. The main technologies and design solutions needed for high-power EPS realization are considered.

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