Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
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1992-12-15
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The AE4871 Spacecraft Design Course is the capstone design class for the M.S. in Astronautics at
the Naval Postgraduate School, The Fall 92 class designed a spacecraft for the Near Earth
Asteroid Rendezvous Mission (NEAR). The NEAR mission uses a robotic spacecraft to conduct
up-close reconnaissance of a Near-Earth asteroid. Such a mission will provide information on
Solar System formation and possible space resources. The spacecraft is intended to complete a
NEAR mission as a relatively low-budget program while striving to gather as much information
about the target asteroid as possible. A complete mission analysis and detailed spacecraft design
were completed. Mission analysis includes orbit comparison and selection, payload and telemetry
requirements, spacecraft configuration, and launch vehicle selection. Spacecraft design includes all
major subsystems: structure, electrical power, attitude control, propulsion, payload integration, and
thermal control. The resulting spacecraft demonstrates the possibility to meet the NEAR Mission
requirements using existing technology, "off-the-shelf' components and a relatively low-cost launch
vehicle.
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NASA-CR-195518
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146 p.