Timo Krone
ABSTRACT
Orbital exploration missions define very specific requirements and have high demands for propulsion systems to ensure the missions success. This paper provides an overview of the chemical propulsion system solutions and technologies developed by ArianeGroup for past and current exploration missions towards Moon and Jupiter.
On the example of the JUICE and the European Lunar Lander missions it describes the solutions for mission specific challenges like the protection against harsh radiation environment, the applied precautions to ensure the magnetic cleanliness and the detailed hydraulic characterization of the liquid part of the propulsion system.
- ESA webpage, http://sci.esa.int/juice/50068-science-objectives/, March 2018Google Scholar
- JUICE Industry Day Booklet (ESA and Airbus DS SAS), ESTEC, 27-28 October 2015Google Scholar
- Martin R., Thomas D., David P., S. Kraus, M. Bühner, Propulsion System for the European Lunar Lander -- Development Status and Breadbording Activities (SP2012 - 2394120), 7th Space Propulsion Conference, Bordeaux 2012Google Scholar
- M. Wolf, R. Lescouzères, Propulsion System Development and Verification Activities for the 2016 ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, (SP2014_2968951), European Space Propulsion Conference Cologne 2014Google Scholar
- M. Wolf, S. Goodburn, D. Escolar, Propulsion Subsystem Development and Verification Activities for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), (SP2018_00255), European Space Propulsion Conference, Seville 2018Google Scholar
- T. Barber, F. Krug, K. Renner, Final Galileo Propulsion System In-Flight Characterization, (AIAA 1997-2946), 33rd AIAA/SME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference 1997ESA webpage, http://sci.esa.int/juice/, March 2018Google Scholar
Index Terms
- Development of Propulsion Systems for Exploration Missions towards Moon and Jupiter
Recommendations
GK2 Propulsion System
ICVISP 2019: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Vision, Image and Signal ProcessingThis paper describes briefly the Chemical Propulsion System (PS) which has been used in the Korean bi-propellant Geostationary Satellite. The new commonly developed platform (GK2) went after design through acceptance test and final check out at launch ...
In-Space Propulsion Technology products for NASA's future science and exploration missions
AERO '11: Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Aerospace ConferenceSince 2001, the In-Space Propulsion Technology (ISPT) project has been developing and delivering in-space propulsion technologies that will enable or enhance NASA robotic science missions. These in-space propulsion technologies are applicable, and ...
Modeling and Simulation of Lunar Lander Soft-Landing Using Transient Dynamics Approach
ICCIS '10: Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Computational and Information SciencesLanding dynamics analysis is necessary for the success of the lunar lander soft-landing. Recent advances in computational speed have made lunar lander soft-landing modeling and simulation using a nonlinear, transient dynamics, finite element analysis ...
Comments