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Pre-Phase A Report - Lisa - Nasa

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x Contents<br />

7 Spacecraft Design 143<br />

7.1Systemconfiguration .............................143<br />

7.1.1 Spacecraft ...............................143<br />

7.1.2Propulsionmodule ..........................144<br />

7.1.3Composite...............................146 7.1.4Launchconfiguration.........................147 7.2 Spacecraft subsystem design .........................148<br />

7.2.1Structure ...............................148<br />

7.2.2Thermalcontrol............................148 7.2.3Coarseattitudecontrol........................148 7.2.4On-boarddatahandling .......................149<br />

7.2.5Tracking,telemetryandcommand..................150 7.2.6Powersubsystemandsolararray ..................150<br />

7.3Micronewtonionthrusters..........................151 7.3.1 History of FEEP development ....................152<br />

7.3.2TheFieldEmissionElectricPropulsionSystem ..........152<br />

7.3.3 Advantages and critical points of FEEP systems ..........154<br />

7.3.4 Alternative solutions for FEEP systems...............155<br />

7.3.5Currentstatus.............................155 7.4 Mass and power budgets ...........................158<br />

8 Technology Demonstration in Space 161<br />

8.1 ELITE –EuropeanLISA Technology Demonstration Satellite .......161<br />

8.1.1Introduction..............................161 8.1.2 Mission goals .............................162<br />

8.1.3Backgroundrequirements ......................162<br />

8.2 ELITE Missionprofile.............................164<br />

8.2.1Orbitanddisturbanceenvironment .................164<br />

8.2.2Coarseattitudecontrol........................165 8.3 ELITE Technologies..............................165<br />

8.3.1Capacitivesensor...........................165 8.3.2Laserinterferometer .........................165<br />

8.3.3Ionthrusters .............................165<br />

8.3.4Drag-freecontrol ...........................166<br />

8.4 ELITE Satellite design ............................166<br />

8.4.1Powersubsystem ...........................166<br />

8.4.2CommandandDataHandling....................166 8.4.3Telemetryandmissionoperations..................167 3-3-1999 9:33 Corrected version 2.08

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