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...elled reaction mass come in direct contact with the asteroid. The tractor spacecraft could either hover near the object being deflected, or orbit it, directing ...elerating the object as a whole over an extended period of time, using the spacecraft's own mass and associated gravitational field to effect the necessary defle ...

...ac.il/~bgusat/CDR.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref> The students worked on the design of the altitude and control system, the power system and ground station ope ...ith the donation of Rachel and Max Javit from Connecticut, the satellite's design evolved to a 3U CubeSat (30x10x10 cm) with a small Earth observation camer ...

== Relevance to spacecraft propulsion == ...MF system as run operated at 350&nbsp;kHz, at 2 MW of power, far below its design rating. ...

{{Infobox spacecraft class ...器}}) or simply as the '''lunar surface lander''' ({{Lang|zh|月面着陆器}}), is a spacecraft under development by the [[China Academy of Space Technology]]. The purpose ...

{{Short description|Hypothetical spacecraft propulsion concept using external force fields momentum for transportation} ...ead [[momentum]] of the [[spacecraft]] is changed by an interaction of the spacecraft with external [[Field (physics)|force fields]], such as [[Gravitational fie ...

...b|right|Helium vector magnetometer of [[Pioneer 10]] and [[Pioneer 11|11]] spacecraft]] ...lows the magnetometer to make observations with less interference from the spacecraft itself]] ...

...e critical need for accurate predictions of aerodynamic heating to protect spacecraft during [[Atmospheric entry|re-entry]], and is considered to be a pioneering ...Heat Flux |url=https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/2.3342 |journal=Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets |language=en |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=403–405 |doi=10.2514/2. ...

...space|power plants]], [[Spacecraft propulsion|propulsion]] or [[Spacecraft|spacecraft systems]] in space. Such space systems require advanced high-temperature [[Spacecraft thermal control|thermal control systems]]. ...

...name=Geary>{{cite book|last=Geary|first=Joseph|title=Introduction to Lens Design with Practical ZEMAX Examples|year=2002|publisher=Willmann-Bell|isbn=094339 In the 21st century, the [[New Horizons]] spacecraft, which was an unmanned space probe sent past Pluto and the Kuiper belt, had ...

...t attitude control''' is the process of controlling the orientation of a [[spacecraft]] (vehicle or satellite) with respect to an [[inertial frame of reference]] Before and during attitude control can be performed, '''spacecraft attitude determination''' must be performed, which requires [[sensor]]s for ...

==Advantages of the design== ...down in Nuclear Thermal Rockets and Advanced Concepts |journal= Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets|volume=54 |issue=4 |pages=967–972 | date=2017|doi=10.2514/1.A33 ...

[[File:Helios Dust1.jpg|thumb|Schematic view of the Helios spacecraft with the three photometers (P15, P30, and P90) of the Zodiacal light instru ...characterize the [[Zodiacal dust cloud]] inside the Earth’s orbit down to spacecraft positions 0.3 [[Astronomical unit|AU]] from the sun. The '''''Zodiacal ligh ...

* [[Collision avoidance (spacecraft)]] ...1">{{Cite book |last1=Hu |first1=Xinyuan |last2=Ye |first2=Naijia |chapter=Design of Active Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Driverless Cars Based on Machin ...

...ref name=cdeagle>{{cite web|last=Eagle |first=C. David |title=Frozen Orbit Design |url=http://www.cdeagle.com/omnum/pdf/frozen1.pdf |work=Orbital Mechanics w ...spacecraft in the desired orbit. For a [[Geostationary orbit|geostationary spacecraft]], correction maneuvers on the order of {{cvt|40–50|m/s|mph}} per year are ...

...es in and out the atmosphere. '''Glide''' is a flight trajectory where the spacecraft stays in the atmosphere for a sustained flight period of time.<ref name="Sä In June 1939, Kurt Patt of [[Klaus Riedel]]'s design office at Peenemünde proposed wings for converting rocket speed and altitud ...

{{Infobox spacecraft instrument | Spacecraft = [[Perseverance (rover)|''Perseverance'']] <!--spacecraft it is hosted aboard--> ...

...ons.<ref>{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Charles|title=Elements of spacecraft design|year=2002|pages=106|isbn=9781600860515|url=https://books.google.com/books?i ...

...rimary field of engineering concerned with the development of Aircraft and Spacecraft. In the Indian Context previously only the Aeronautical Engineering discipl ...

}}</ref> and [[spacecraft]]<ref>{{cite journal |journal= Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ...

...ts can theoretically give high performance, depending on the fuel used and design specifications, and a great deal of research has gone into a variety of typ ...Engine. Advanced launch vehicles |publisher=KBKhA - [[Chemical Automatics Design Bureau]] |url=http://www.kbkha.ru/?p=8&cat=11&prod=66 |accessdate=2009-09-2 ...