Propulsion System Design

This homework assignment is broken up into 3 major sections:

  1. Thrusters Analysis and Sizing
  2. Requirement Review and Analysis
  3. Propulsion System Sizing and System Trades

Thruster Analysis and Sizing

From the requirements, we know that initially we'll have the following thrusters:

  • 6 large thrusters (170 N ea) for MOI
  • 6 med thrusters (22 N ea) for TCM/DSM and attitude control during MOI
  • 12 small thrusters (0.9 N ea) for 3-axis stabilization and slew manuevers during nominal science mission

We're also given that we'll be using the Mono Methyl Hydrazine propellant.


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