NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Collections About News Help Login
Back to Results
Shuttle/IUS performance for planetary missionsPotential requirements for planetary missions in the 1980s, capabilities of the Interim Upper Stage (IUS) candidates to perform those missions, and Shuttle/IUS mission profile options for performance enhancement are examined. The most demanding planetary missions are the Pioneer Saturn/Uranus/Titan Probe and the Mariner-class orbiters of Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn. Options available to designers of these missions will depend on the specific IUS selected for development and the programmatic phasing of the IUS and the NASA Tug. Use of Shuttle elliptic orbits as initial conditions for IUS ignition offers significant performance improvements; specific values are mission dependent.
Document ID
19760029869
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Cork, M. J. (Battelle Columbus Labs. OH, United States)
Driver, J. M. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Wright, J. L. (Battelle Columbus Laboratories Columbus, Ohio, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1975
Subject Category
Space Transportation
Report/Patent Number
AAS PAPER 75-273
Meeting Information
Meeting: Meeting on Space Shuttle Missions of the 80''s
Location: Denver, CO
Start Date: August 26, 1975
End Date: August 28, 1975
Sponsors: AAS, AIAA, IEEE, ORSA, and IMS,
Accession Number
76A12835
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-2018
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.

Related Records

There are no records associated with this record.
No Preview Available