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Artificial Satellites
Volume 58 (2023): Issue 2 (June 2023)
Open Access
Interstellar Probe: Science, Engineering, Logistic, Economic, and Social Factors
Romana Ratkiewicz
Romana Ratkiewicz
,
Anna Baraniecka
Anna Baraniecka
,
Kajetan Stępniewski
Kajetan Stępniewski
,
Tomasz Miś
Tomasz Miś
,
Piotr Błądek
Piotr Błądek
,
Arkadiusz Tkacz
Arkadiusz Tkacz
,
Tomasz Mikołajków
Tomasz Mikołajków
and
Michał Kozanecki
Michał Kozanecki
| Jul 18, 2023
Artificial Satellites
Volume 58 (2023): Issue 2 (June 2023)
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Published Online:
Jul 18, 2023
Page range:
29 - 41
Received:
Nov 21, 2022
Accepted:
Apr 27, 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2023-0003
Keywords
Interstellar Probe mission
,
science
,
engineering
,
logistic
,
business
© 2023 Romana Ratkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Figure 1.
Kilopower reactor prototype
Figure 2.
Other launch vehicles: Falcon Heavy, New Glenn, Starship
Figure 3.
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)
Figure 5.
Terrestrial longwave frequencies received by POLRAD, 18 Mm (megametres) from the source (Miś, 2020)
Figure 6.
Routes toward different objects for the Interstellar Probe
Figure 7.
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.
Figure 9.
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)
Figure 11.
The shapes of the heliosphere obtained by the heliosphere’s different models. “What does the heliosphere look like?”