Baden-Württemberg 1 Explained

Baden-Württemberg 1 (BW1) was a proposed lunar mission spacecraft.^[1] The mission was led by the University of Stuttgart.^[2] The basic design was for a cubical spacecraft 1 meter on a side, with a mass of about 200 kg (441 lb). It may use an pulsed plasma thruster utilizing polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as propellant.^[1] work on trajectories had been performed.^[3]

Baden-Württemberg 1 was part of the Stuttgart Small Satellite Program initiated in 2002 that included FLYING LAPTOP, PERSEUS, CERMIT, and the aforementioned BW-1.^[4]

Further reading

• Book: Auweter-Kurtz, Monika . Lichtbogenantriebe für Weltraumaufgaben . 1992 . Vieweg+Teubner . 978-3-519-06139-7 . Stuttgart . German . Arcjet propulsion systems for space applications.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 20 November 2008 . Germany - Land of Ideas: Elring-Klinger drives satellite . https://web.archive.org/web/20140318021932/http://www.elringklinger.de/en/germany-land-of-ideas-elringklinger-drives-satellite . 18 March 2014 . Elring-Klinger.
2. Book: Lunar Settlements . 2010 . CRC Press . 9781420083330 . Benaroya . Haym . 476.
3. Shimmin . Rogan . Trajectory design for a very-low-thrust lunar mission. . 2013 . PhD . University of Adelaide, School of Mechanical Engineering . 2440/80842 . free.
4. Laufer . R. . Roeser . H.-P. . 2006 . LUNAR MISSION BW1 - A Small Lunar Exploration and Technology Demonstration Satellite . European Planetary Science Congress 2006 . Berlin . 488 . 2006epsc.conf..488L . free.