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Interstellar Probe: Science, Engineering, Logistic, Economic, and Social Factors Cover

Interstellar Probe: Science, Engineering, Logistic, Economic, and Social Factors

Artificial Satellites
Volume 58 (2023): Issue 2 (June 2023)
By: Romana Ratkiewicz,  Anna Baraniecka,  Kajetan Stępniewski,  Tomasz Miś,  Piotr Błądek,  Arkadiusz Tkacz,  Tomasz Mikołajków and  Michał Kozanecki  
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|Jul 2023

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Kilopower reactor prototype
Kilopower reactor prototype

Figure 2.

Other launch vehicles: Falcon Heavy, New Glenn, Starship
Other launch vehicles: Falcon Heavy, New Glenn, Starship

Figure 3.

Modular construction
Modular construction

Figure 4.

POLRAD experiment sample spectrum – well recorded <300 kHz and higher, 1999 (by CDPP/CNES, public exemplary data set provided through IRAP repository)
POLRAD experiment sample spectrum – well recorded <300 kHz and higher, 1999 (by CDPP/CNES, public exemplary data set provided through IRAP repository)

Figure 5.

Terrestrial longwave frequencies received by POLRAD, 18 Mm (megametres) from the source (Miś, 2020)
Terrestrial longwave frequencies received by POLRAD, 18 Mm (megametres) from the source (Miś, 2020)

Figure 6.

Routes toward different objects for the Interstellar Probe
Routes toward different objects for the Interstellar Probe

Figure 7.

Spacecraft launch configuration in case of using SLS 1B+ as the first-stage rocket
Spacecraft launch configuration in case of using SLS 1B+ as the first-stage rocket

Figure 8.

Spacecraft launch configuration in case of using two Falcon Heavies (FH) as the first-stage rocket. Placement of third and fourth stages with IP spacecraft is marked.
Spacecraft launch configuration in case of using two Falcon Heavies (FH) as the first-stage rocket. Placement of third and fourth stages with IP spacecraft is marked.

Figure 9.

Payload–launch cost participation for 2 B$ mission launched with SLS 1B+ (a) and two Falcon Heavies (b) as the first stage
Payload–launch cost participation for 2 B$ mission launched with SLS 1B+ (a) and two Falcon Heavies (b) as the first stage

Figure 10.

The boundary between the heliosphere and the interstellar medium consisting of the termination shock, heliopause, and bow shock (source JHU APL)
The boundary between the heliosphere and the interstellar medium consisting of the termination shock, heliopause, and bow shock (source JHU APL)

Figure 11.

The shapes of the heliosphere obtained by the heliosphere’s different models. “What does the heliosphere look like?”
The shapes of the heliosphere obtained by the heliosphere’s different models. “What does the heliosphere look like?”
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2023-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2083-6104 | Journal ISSN: 1509-3859
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Language: English
Page range: 29 - 41
Submitted on: Nov 21, 2022
Accepted on: Apr 27, 2023
Published on: Jul 18, 2023
Published by: Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Interstellar Probe mission,
science,
engineering,
logistic,
business
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geosciences, other

© 2023 Romana Ratkiewicz, Anna Baraniecka, Kajetan Stępniewski, Tomasz Miś, Piotr Błądek, Arkadiusz Tkacz, Tomasz Mikołajków, Michał Kozanecki, published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
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