Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Evaluation of Mother-Daughter Architectures for Asteroid Belt
  Exploration   This paper examines the effectiveness of an asteroid exploration architecture
comprised of multiple nanosatellite sized spacecraft deployed from a single
mother ship into a heliocentric orbit in the main asteroid belt where the
mothership is ideally located in region of high density. Basic mission
requirements associated with a Mother-Daughter architecture are established
utilizing a relatively large number (10-20) daughter spacecraft distributed
from a mothership within the asteroid belt for the purpose of executing sample
and return missions. A number of trade analyses are performed to establish
system performance to changes in initial orbit, delta-V capability and maximum
small spacecraft flight time. The balance between the initial delta-V burn and
asteroid velocity matching are also examined, with a goal of minimizing the
amount of fuel needed in the small spacecraft. Preliminary requirements for the
system are established using these results, and a conceptual design is
presented for comparison to other asteroid exploration techniques. Preliminary
results indicate that the aforementioned concept of a mothership with small
spacecraft is viable and should be considered as an alternative approach to
first order surveying of the asteroid belt.

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The categories of this paper are: supr-con
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The categories of this paper are: acc-phys
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The categories of this paper are: funct-an
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: plasm-ph
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The categories of this paper are: mtrl-th
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The categories of this paper are: cs
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The categories of this paper are: hep-th
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The categories of this paper are: math-ph
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The categories of this paper are: chao-dyn
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The categories of this paper are: hep-lat
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ph
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The categories of this paper are: atom-ph
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The categories of this paper are: patt-sol
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The categories of this paper are: econ
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The categories of this paper are: quant-ph