Mission Information
MISSION_NAME DEEP SPACE 1
MISSION_ALIAS
MISSION_START_DATE 1998-10-24T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE 2001-12-18T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_DESCRIPTION
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.        
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.