A Scalable Orbital Propellant Depot Design

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Street, David
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Wilhite, Alan W.
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Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics was established in 1931, with a name change in 1962 to the School of Aerospace Engineering
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This paper describes the design and features of a Scalable Orbital Propellant Depot Design tool. The purpose of the tool is to enable others to easily test the effectiveness of adding a propellant depot to an exploration architecture. Several options are available including zero boil-off technology, usable propellant and depot geometry. It is assumed that the depot is refillable with a total service life of 10 years and resides in low earth orbit. Examples of depots created with the tool are shown. Application to existing exploration architectures is also discussed.
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2006-05-01
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