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Aug 1992
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IN: 1992 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference, Hilton Head Island, SC, Aug. 10-12, 1992, Technical Papers (A92-52051 22-13). Washin
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Asteroids, Earth Orbital Environments, Flyby Missions, Space Exploration, Spacecraft Design, Launch Vehicles, Miniaturization, Mission Planning
Scientific paper
Recent developments in miniaturization of spacecraft systems and science instruments have led to great interest in their application to deep space missions. A recent JPL study, for example, considered the design of a small spacecraft which could yield useful science data from fast flybys of the near-earth asteroids. Called AIM (Asteroid Investigation with Microspacecraft), three spacecrafts would be launched with Pegasus into low earth orbit (LEO), separated, and then remain there up to 2 weeks, each waiting for the opportune time to inject to a flyby with a preselected asteroid. Each spacecraft has its own kick stage for this injection maneuver. This paper briefly describes the spacecraft design and capability, the asteroid flyby opportunities available within the coming decade, and other possible mission scenarios which could take advantage of a single launch multi-spacecraft option.
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