The multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) is a type of radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) developed for NASA space missions...
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A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG), sometimes referred to as a radioisotope power system (RPS), is a type of nuclear battery that uses...
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contractor to the US Department of Energy for the Multi-mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator. The first flight MMRTG is currently powering the...
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Plutonium-238 (category Radioisotope fuels)
plutonium-238 isotope suitable for usage in radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and radioisotope heater units. The density of plutonium-238 at...
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Dragonfly (Titan space probe) (category Missions to Saturn)
concepts would have used the heat from a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). Dragonfly is to use its multi-rotor vehicle to transport its instrument...
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containing nano- and micro-pores. NASA is developing a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator in which the thermocouples would be made of skutterudite...
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Curiosity (rover) (category Astrobiology space missions)
S. Department of Energy. Curiosity's RTG is the Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG), designed and built by Rocketdyne and Teledyne...
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Perseverance (rover) (section Mission)
at 899 kg (1,982 lb)—a 14% increase. The rover's multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) has a mass of 45 kg (99 lb) and uses 4.8 kg...
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Europa Clipper (redirect from Europa Multiple-Flyby Mission)
demonstrated by the Juno mission. The alternative to solar panels was a multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG), fueled with plutonium-238...
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NASA missions since 1976. This material is used in the radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) that power Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Galileo, Ulysses...
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Thermocouple (redirect from Thermoelectric thermometer)
radioisotope thermoelectric generator, the radioactive decay of transuranic elements as a heat source has been used to power spacecraft on missions too...
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DOE-designed radioactive heat source for radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) or Stirling radioisotope generators (SRG). It is meant for space applications...
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(1954), An Atomic Locomotive, retrieved 2023-12-14 "Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator" (PDF). NASA/JPL. January 1, 2008. Archived from...
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decay processes are used in niche applications such as radioisotope thermoelectric generators in some space probes such as Voyager 2. Generating electricity...
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source — radioisotope thermoelectric generator, is a specific design of the radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) used on US space missions. The GPHS-RTG...
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Mars 2020 (redirect from Mars 2020 Rover Mission)
analyze geologic samples from the Martian surface. A Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG), left over as a backup part for Curiosity...
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Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory (redirect from Timeline of MSL Curiosity mission)
internal short in the rover's power source, the Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, caused an unusual and intermittent decrease in a...
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NASA (section Mission selection process)
technologies such as the multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG), which is a type of radioisotope thermoelectric generator used to power spacecraft...
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Mars Science Laboratory (redirect from Msl mission)
six-wheeled rocker-bogie system, is powered by a multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG), and communicates in both X band and UHF...
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Nuclear power in space (section Radioisotope systems)
most common type is a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, which has been used on many space probes and on crewed lunar missions. Small fission reactors...
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Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power (category Electrical generators)
Auxiliary POWER (SNAP) program was a program of experimental radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and space nuclear reactors flown during the 1960s...
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Cassini–Huygens (redirect from The Cassini-Huygens Mission)
Whitmore; et al. (June 26–29, 2006). Mission of Daring: The General-Purpose Heat Source Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (PDF). 4th International Energy...
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New Frontiers program (section Missions in progress)
Saturn's biggest moon Titan and will make use of Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (MMRTG) for power to navigate through the atmosphere...
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Pioneer 10 (category Missions to Jupiter)
of the antenna. Its electric power was supplied by four radioisotope thermoelectric generators that provided a combined 155 watts at launch. It was launched...
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OCEANUS (category Missions to Uranus)
be powered by three multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generators (MMRTG), a type of radioisotope thermoelectric generator. There is enough plutonium...
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Innovative Interstellar Explorer (redirect from Vision Mission)
and mission goals were considered, leading to the choice of a spacecraft propelled with ion engines powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG)...
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Alpha source thermoelectric propulsion technology Radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG), also called alpha source thermoelectric technology by...
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current solar technology and spacecraft mass limitations, so radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) are instead used as a power source.[obsolete source]...
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both a hot photodiode and a cold photodiode. Conventional radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) used to power spacecraft use a radioactive material...
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Uranus Orbiter and Probe (category Missions to Uranus)
2020) Small Next-Generation Atmospheric Probe (SNAP) Concept to Enable Future Multi-Probe Missions: A Case Study for Uranus. Retrieved June 22, 2020....
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