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Accommodating electric propulsion on SMART-1

Rathsman, Peter; Kugelberg, Joakim; Bodin, Per +1 more

This paper focuses on the technical challenges that arise when electric propulsion is used on a small spacecraft such as SMART-1. The choice of electric propulsion influences not only the attitude control system and the power system, but also the thermal control as well as the spacecraft structure. A description is given on how the design of the a…