Unlike some SGM, this spacecraft spends most of its time in cruise in a hibernation state in which only a clock/timer is operating and electrical power is being stored. Estimated spacecraft wet mass, launch configuration size and load power are, respectively, 8.4 kg, 46-cm diameter x 30-cm, and 0.1 to 15 W - depending on operating state.%lt p%gt In this mass regime, missions to the outer solar system with relatively short trip times appear possible using small launch vehicles with appropriate upper stages. In this design, the spacecraft autonomously provides imaging and spectroscopy of objects in the outer solar system for spacecraft solar ranges of 3 to 39 Astronomical Units (AU) and Earth ranges up to 38 AU. Description: Concept for an Outer Solar System Flyby Second-Generation Microspacecraft (SGM).
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