An ion-engine-propelled spacecraft has mass 1000 kg without propellant. Its propellant tank is filled with 30 kg of compressed xenon. If the ion engine is operated on orbit at specific impulse 3000 s, what total AV (in m/s) is available for the mission? (Use 9.81 m/s? as Earth's sea-level gravity.) (m/s)

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An ion-engine-propelled spacecraft has mass 1000 kg without propellant. Its propellant tank is filled with 30 kg
of compressed xenon. If the ion engine is operated on orbit at specific impulse 3000 s, what total AVv (in m/s) is
available for the mission? (Use 9.81 m/s? as Earth's sea-level gravity.)
(m/s)
Transcribed Image Text:An ion-engine-propelled spacecraft has mass 1000 kg without propellant. Its propellant tank is filled with 30 kg of compressed xenon. If the ion engine is operated on orbit at specific impulse 3000 s, what total AVv (in m/s) is available for the mission? (Use 9.81 m/s? as Earth's sea-level gravity.) (m/s)
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