Conceptual designs for a submersible vehicle for exploration of the hydrocarbon seas of Saturn’s moon Titan were done by the NASA Glenn COMPASS systems engineering team, as part of the NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. The efforts investigated what approaches and technologies would allow exploration below the surface of the low temperature (–180 °C) hydrocarbon seas of Titan. The Phase-II design refined the design concepts, looking at a smaller design supported by an orbital relay, the “Titan Turtle”. The phase-II project resulted in a smaller vehicle using an orbiter supported relay/navigation link to eliminate the requirement for a large phased-array antenna. Eliminating the DTE communications requirement also reduced the associated high power required by the communications system.


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    Titel :

    Titan Turtle: NIAC Phase II Design for a Submersible Vehicle for Titan Exploration


    Beteiligte:
    Steven R Oleson (Autor:in) / Jason W Hartwig (Autor:in) / Geoffrey A Landis (Autor:in) / Justin Walsh (Autor:in) / Ralph D Lorenz (Autor:in) / Michael V Paul (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Ascend ; 2020 ; Virtual, US


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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