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Systems analysis for a venus aerocapture mission
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Olejniczak, Joseph Laub, Bernard Justus, Carl G. Starr, Brett R. Chen, Y. K. Paulson Jr., John W. Takashima, Naruhisa Lockwood, Mary Kae Wright, Michael J. Kontinos, Dean A. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Description | Previous high level analysis has indicated that significant mass savings may be possible for planetary science missions if aerocapture is employed to place a spacecraft in orbit. In 2001 the In-Space Propulsion program identified aerocapture as one of the top three propulsion technologies for planetary exploration but that higher fidelity analysis was required to verify the favorable results and to determine if any supporting technology gaps exist that would enable or enhance aerocapture missions. A series of three studies has been conducted to assess, from an overall system point of view, the merit of using aerocapture at Titan, Neptune and Venus. These were chosen as representative of a moon with an atmosphere, an outer giant gas planet and an inner planet. The Venus mission, based on desirable science from plans for Solar System Exploration and Principal Investigator proposals, to place a spacecraft in a 300km polar orbit was examined and the details of the study are presented in this paper. |
| File Size | 1834746 |
| Page Count | 23 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20060010899 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t79s6qv13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2006-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Spacecraft Orbits Venus Planet Aerocapture Space Missions Neptune Planet Gas Giant Planets Propulsion Systems Analysis Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
