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We report on progress towards the development of a small, low mass and power, and high stability mercury trapped ion frequency standard for the Global Positioning System.
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We report on the development of a small, low mass and power, and high stability mercury trapped ion frequency standard for spaceflight.
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Solar sails are an important propellantless propulsion technology that can enable missions requiring very high velocity changes and/or non-Keplerian orbits.
This paper provides strawman payload and measurement requirements, technology and mission trade information, and a baseline system design, including a configuration concept.
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