Missions to Phobos and Other Minor Bodies with Space Vehicle of New Generation

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Dec 1999

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American Astronomical Society, DPS Meeting #31, late abstracts, #59.45; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Planetary exploration is a cornerstone of space science and technology development. To accomodate the new political and economical motivations and to recover with the Russian planetary program after ``Mars 96" loss, an approach for the development of space vehicle of new generation was elaboratively studied. The study was constrained by the principal requirement of ``Soyuz-Fregat" type rather than ``Proton" launcher utilization to accomplish a number of challenging goals with space missions. The vehicle design incorporates innovative technology being focused on small propulsion electrojet engines to be installed in order to significantly increase the potential mission's energetic capabilities. The project is optimized around Phobos sample return mission and missions targeted to study some main asteroid belt bodies and/or comets and for NEO approach, as well as for a potential lunar mission, the latter being addressed as a test flight at the beginnig phase of the vehicle exploitation. Preliminary evaluation made by the team allowed to find out basic criteria for these missions scenario and rationale and brought evidence on high efficiency of their implementation after the turn of the century. This study was supported by the Russian Aviation and Space Agency under ``Expedition" Grant.

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