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Overview of Key Saturn Probe Mission TradesOngoing studies, performed at NASA/JPL over the past two years in support of NASA's SSE Roadmap activities, proved the feasibility of a NF class Saturn probe mission. I. This proposed mission could also provide a good opportunity for international collaboration with the proposed Cosmic Vision KRONOS mission: a) With ESA contributed probes (descent modules) on a NASA lead mission; b) Early 2017 launch could be a good programmatic option for ESA-CV/NASA-NF. II. A number of mission architectures could be suitable for this mission: a) Probe Relay based architecture with short flight time (approx. 6.3-7 years); b) DTE probe telecom based architecture with long flight time (-11 years), and low probe data rate, but with the probes decoupled from the carrier, allowing for polar trajectories I orbiter. This option may need technology development for telecom; c) Orbiter would likely impact mission cost over flyby, but would provide significantly higher science return. The Saturn probes mission is expected to be identified in NASA's New Frontiers AO. Thus, further studies are recommended to refine the most suitable architecture. International collaboration is started through the KRONOS proposal work; further collaborated studies will follow once KRONOS is selected in October under ESA's Cosmic Vision Program.
Document ID
20090019023
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Presentation
External Source(s)
Authors
Balint, Tibor S.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kowalkowski, Theresa
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Folkner, Bill
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
June 23, 2007
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Meeting Information
Meeting: 5th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW-5)
Location: Bordeaux
Country: France
Start Date: June 23, 2007
End Date: June 29, 2007
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
probes
cosmic vision
Saturn
new frontiers
orbiter
Microwave radiometry (MWR)
flyby

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