On December 7, 2010, AKATSUKI, the Japanese Venus explorer reached its destination and tried to inject itself into Venus orbit. However, due to a malfunction of the propulsion system, the maneuver was interrupted and AKATSUKI again escaped out from the Venus into an interplanetary orbit. Telemetry data from AKATSUKI suggests the possibility to perform orbit maneuvers to reencounter the Venus and retry Venus orbit injection. Reported in this paper is an orbit plan investigated under this situation. The latest results reflecting the maneuvers conducted in the autumn 2011 is introduced as well.
An Orbit Plan toward AKATSUKI Venus Reencounter and Orbit Injection
22nd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting ; 2012 ; Charleston, SC, United States
2012-01-31
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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Englisch
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