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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…

Scientific objectives and selection of targets for the SMART-1 Infrared Spectrometer (SIR)

Keller, H. U.; Hiesinger, H.; Mall, U. +3 more

The European SMART-1 mission to the Moon, primarily a testbed for innovative technologies, was launched in September 2003 and will reach the Moon in 2005. On board are several scientific instruments, including the point-spectrometer SMART-1 Infrared Spectrometer (SIR). Taking into account the capabilities of the SMART-1 mission and the SIR instrum…