Don't get me wrong, it would be incredible if they can actually produce and launch it, but what would you even do with 1MWe on an outer planets probe?
The power is mainly for the electric propulsion .Probably no more than few 10's of KWe are available for the science payload and communication (which is still a LOT ) .The proposed NUKLON is basically JIMO on steroids .
Quote from: edzieba on 09/17/2020 02:02 pmDon't get me wrong, it would be incredible if they can actually produce and launch it, but what would you even do with 1MWe on an outer planets probe?Use a "real" radar system like the surface-search radars you see on warships. Those are in the hundreds of kW range. Got to be interesting applications for that such as finding smaller moons, characterizing ring particles, etc.Quote from: RON_P on 09/17/2020 03:05 pmThe power is mainly for the electric propulsion .Probably no more than few 10's of KWe are available for the science payload and communication (which is still a LOT ) .The proposed NUKLON is basically JIMO on steroids .Once the probe is in orbit that frees up a lot of power.
As i said JIMO on steroids ( JIMO 200-250 KWe vs NUKLON 1 MWe) .
They can't use more than 200 KW with only four ion thrusters.
but they can
A space tug implies it would push something. This looks like it would have to push something with the reactor end, as the ion thrusters are at the opposite end. Weird.
Wait this is new so Nuklon was downsized from 1 MWe to 500 KWe ?
I heard that first prototype will be 200 KWe. I also heard that metal is already being bent for it as we speak.
My understanding is that all the hardware present at Arsenal at that time had been produced on the basis of a government contract signed between Roscosmos and the Keldysh Center on November 18, 2016. KB Arsenal acted as a subcontractor to the Keldysh Center under that contract.