Abstract The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) Program Mission Analysis Team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) requested a JPL Innovation Foundry Architecture Team (A-Team) study to assess mission pull for small RPS [1 to 40 W(electric)] and define the focus of future power system developments required to enable small RPS missions. The A-Team is JPL’s concurrent engineering design team for science definition and early mission concept development, targeting concept maturation levels of 1, 2, and 3. The requested small RPS study aimed to identify the architecture space of potential small RPS missions and suggest power levels that could enable or enhance potential future small spacecraft missions. This technical note describes the collaborative engineering processes that the A-Team and Mission Analysis Team used to reach results quickly and presents the findings on power requirements for small RPS mission concepts.

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可利用小型 RPS 的任务概念探索

摘要 美国国家航空航天局 (NASA) 喷气推进实验室 (JPL) 的放射性同位素动力系统 (RPS) 计划任务分析团队要求 JPL 创新代工架构团队 (A-Team) 进行研究，以评估小型 RPS 的任务拉力 [1]到 40 W(electric)] 并定义了实现小型 RPS 任务所需的未来电力系统开发的重点。A-Team 是 JPL 的并行工程设计团队，用于科学定义和早期任务概念开发，目标是概念成熟度 1、2 和 3。所要求的小型 RPS 研究旨在确定潜在小型 RPS 任务的架构空间并建议功率可以启用或增强潜在的未来小型航天器任务的水平。