A mission is proposed in which a small science payload can be soft landed on a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) near Neptune. Post-launch propulsion for Persephone requires a solar sail to accelerate the craft to solar-system escape velocity, a reverse-powered-Neptune flyby to direct the craft towards the Neptune-leading KBO, and a chemical rocket for KBO descent. If an appropriate KBO can be located, the mission duration is about two decades and a Delta-class launch vehicle is required.


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    Titel :

    Persephone: A non-nuclear rendezvous mission to a Kuiper Belt Object


    Beteiligte:
    Matloff, Gregory L. (Autor:in) / El-Genk, Mohamed S. (Herausgeber:in) / Bragg, Mary J. (Herausgeber:in)

    Kongress:

    Space Technology and Applications International Forum - 2001 ; 2001 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico


    Erschienen in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 552 , 1 ; 612-617


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    02.02.2001


    Format / Umfang :

    6 pages





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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