Science goals for missions to Jupiter in the early 1980's are reviewed and a case is made for the science community to play the key role in assigning relative priorities for these goals. A reference set of measurement requirements and their priorities is established and those high priority goals that are most demanding on spacecraft and mission design are used to develop a reference mission concept. An orbiter mission is required to satisfy a majority of the measurements, and a spacecraft data handling capability as least equivalent to the Mariner Jupiter/Saturn spacecraft is the major system design driver. This reference Mission Concept is called Mariner Jupiter Orbiter. The remaining measurement requirements are reviewed in light of the potential science return of this mission, and certain options are developed to augment this science return. Two attractive options fulfill high priority objectives not achieved by the reference Mariner Jupiter Orbiter mission alone: an atmospheric entry probe, released prior to orbit insertion; and a daughter satellite dedicated to particle and fields measurements, ejected into an independent orbit about Jupiter.
Jovian system science issues and implications for a Mariner Jupiter Orbiter mission
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and American Geophysical Union, Conference on the Exploration of the Outer Planets
1975-09-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Jupiter Magnetospheric Orbiter: Trajectory Design in the Jovian System
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|The Mariner Jupiter/Uranus 1979 mission
NTRS | 1975
|The Mariner Jupiter/Uranus 1979 mission
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|The Mariner Jupiter/Saturn 1977 mission
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