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Hi,
Just read an article on SpaceFlightNow.com about a new ion engine being developped and tested with substantial improvements over older designs, such as the one used in Deep Space 1 [1]. I was wondering how they're considering the attitude control systems... One of the limitations for Galileo was the fuel, same goes for Cassini... I was reading the other day about the attitude control on Hubble, which works with a combination of momentum wheels and magnetic torquers for CMG desaturation manoeuvers, since there's a risk for contaminating the optics with normal thrusters. Would Jupiter's or Jovian moon's magnetic fields be powerful enough to enable the use of magnetic torquers? Of course, one would bring along chemical-based thrusters for emergencies or manoeuvers where CMGs would just not cut it... |
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