AbstractSolar Probe mission is now a part of the NASA Earth–Sun connection theme under the Living With a Star program. A concept study was completed recently, and the latest conceptual mission design for the Solar Probe mission is presented in this paper. Present trajectory design provides a mission scenario that offers repeated pole-to-pole near Sun flybys at perihelion of 4 solar radii with favorable quadrature geometry that permits continuous real-time data transmission during all solar passes. Solar Probe is to be delivered to the solar polar orbit through a direct Jupiter gravity assist trajectory that has launch opportunities every 13 months. The first solar flyby occurs 3.1 years after launch, and the subsequent solar flybys come every 4 years periodically, providing 3 unique opportunities to probe the Sun in one solar cycle.


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    Titel :

    Current mission design of the solar probe mission


    Beteiligte:
    Guo, Yanping (Autor:in) / Farquhar, Robert W (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 55 , 3-9 ; 211-219


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2004-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    9 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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