Accession Number:

AD0698652

Title:

SPACE POWER SYSTEMS. PART I.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PARIS (FRANCE)

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1969-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

349.0

Abstract:

Contents Power requirements, similitudes and limitations in trans-conventional propulsion systems Space power systems Nuclear space power systems Nuclear space power systems, Reactor space power systems, Radioisotope space power Mechanical heat engines for space power systems.

Descriptors:

• (*SPACE PROPULSION
• SYMPOSIA)
• HEAT ENGINES
• SPACECRAFT NUCLEAR PROPULSION
• SOLAR ROCKETS
• SOLAR CELLS
• FUEL CELLS
• ENERGY CONVERSION
• RANKINE CYCLE
• THERMIONIC CONVERTERS
• THERMOELECTRICITY
• TURBINES
• BRAYTON CYCLE
• ELECTROCHEMISTRY
• ION ENGINES
• SOLAR RADIATION
• POWER SUPPLIES
• OPTIMIZATION
• STATE OF THE ART REVIEWS
• BELGIUM

Subject Categories:

• Non-electrical Energy Conversion
• Nuclear Propulsion
• Unmanned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE