MISSION_OBJECTIVES_SUMMARY |
Deep Space 1 (DS1) is the first project of the New Millennium program. Its payload consists of 12 technologies. The criteria for 'complete mission success' are: 1) Demonstrate the in-space flight operations and quantify the performance of the following five advanced technologies: - Solar electric propulsion (SEP) - Solar concentrator arrays - Autonomous navigation - Miniature camera and imaging spectrometer - Small deep space transponder and any three of the following six advanced technologies: - Ka-band solid state power amplifier - Beacon monitor operations - Autonomous remote agent - Low power electronics - Power actuation and switching module - Multifunctional structure 2) Acquire the data necessary to quantify the performance of these advanced technologies by September 30, 1999. Analyze these data and disseminate the results to interested organizations/parties by March 1, 2000. 3) Utilize the on-board ion propulsion system (IPS) to propel the DS1 spacecraft on a trajectory that will encounter an asteroid in fiscal year 1999. 4) Assess the interaction of the IPS operations with the spacecraft and its potential impact on charged particle, radio waves and plasma, and other science investigations on future SEP-propelled deep space missions. A twelfth technology, a miniature integrated ion and electron spectrometer, was not included in the success criteria, because it was so late in being delivered that even six weeks before launch it was uncertain whether the device would be ready. It was delivered and performed very well.
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REFERENCE_DESCRIPTION |
Rayman, M.D., The Successful Conclusion of the Deep Space 1 Mission: Important Results without a Flashy Title, 53rd International Astronautical Congress/World Space Congress, Houston, TX, IAC-02-Q.5.2.03, 10-19 October, 2002.
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