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Radioisotope Power Systems: Mission Need

Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) are long-lived sources of spacecraft electrical power and heating that are rugged, compact, highly reliable, and relatively insensitive to radiation and other effects of the space environment.

Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) are long-lived sources of spacecraft electrical power and heating that are rugged, compact, highly reliable, and relatively insensitive to radiation and other effects of the space environment.

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