DS1 Technology Validation Report

DS1 Technology Validation Report

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/41687

Date: 2001-03-07

Keywords: Deep Space 1; Autonomous Optical Navigation (AutoNav); Beacon Monitor Operations; Ion Propulsion; Ka-band Solid State Power Amplifiers (KAPA); NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Technology Application Readiness (NSTAR); Diagnostic Sensors; Multifunctional Structures; Power Actuation and Switching Modules; Scarlet Solar Array; Remote Agent Transponder

Abstract:

Deep Space 1 (DS1) launched from Cape Canaveral on October 24, 1998. During a highly successful primary mission, it tested 12 advanced, high-risk technologies in space. In an extremely successful extended mission, it encountered Comet Borrelly and returned the best images and other science data ever from a comet. During its fully successful hyperextended mission, it conducted further technology tests. The spacecraft was retired on December 18, 2001.

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