Ulysses Datasheet Ulysses
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Dimensions Length 3.2 m
(booms stowed) Width 3.3 m

Height 2.1 m

Mass Total at launch 366.7 kg

Scientific payload 55.1 kg

Payload cover ejected 0.1 kg

Initial fuel (hydrazine) 33.5 kg

Fuel at May 2007 ~6.7 kg

Stabilization Spin-stabilized 5 rpm

Power Radio-isotope thermoelectric generator (RTG)

Beginning of mission 283 W

May 2007 ~195 W

Communications X-band downlink 20 W

S-band uplink/downlink 5 W

Communications Parabolic high gain 1.65 m
antennas 2 low gains

Maximum telemetry Real-time 1024 bps
rates Recorded 512 bps

Real-time + Playback (1:7 interleave) 8192 bps

Booms Radial dipole antenna 72.5 m

Axial monopole antenna 7.5 m

Radial magnetometer boom 5.6 m


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