This study sets forth conceptual mission design strategies for the ascent and rendezvous phase of the proposed NASA/ESA joint Mars Sample Return Campaign. The current notional mission architecture calls for the launch of an acquisition/cache rover in 2018, an orbiter with an Earth return vehicle in 2022, and a fetch rover and ascent vehicle in 2024. Strategies are presented to launch the sample into a coplanar orbit with the Orbiter which facilitate robust optical detection, orbit determination, and rendezvous. Repeating ground track orbits exist at 457 and 572 km which provide multiple launch opportunities with similar geometries for detection and rendezvous.
Mars Sample Return - Launch and Detection Strategies for Orbital Rendezvous
AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2011 ; Girdwood, AK, United States
2011-07-31
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Mars Sample Return: Launch and Detection Strategies for Orbital Rendezvous (AAS 11-519)
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