AbstractThe mission of the Huygens Probe is to enter into the Titan atmosphere and to descend in a controlled manner to the surface such that scientific measurements can be taken and transmitted to earth via the Orbiter. The entry is the most challenging phase of the mission. The deceleration is achieved by an aeroshell. Thermal protection against entry heat fluxes is achieved by an ablator rejecting heat mainly by radiation. The descent profile in terms of descent velocity, spin rate and attitude stability is designed to allow imaging, sampling and measurements at the various atmospheric layers within the overall time and energy constraints. The Huygens system has to operate in an autonomous and fault tolerant manner, as no ground control and failure recovery during the descent phase is feasible. This autonomy and fault tolerance is the main driver for the chosen architecture of the on-board system.
The Huygens Probe and mission design
Advances in Space Research ; 14 , 12 ; 189-195
1994-01-01
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Huygens Probe Mission Operations
British Library Online Contents | 1996
|Huygens Probe Mission Operations
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996
|The Huygens Probe and Mission Design
Online Contents | 1994
|Huygens Probe Mission Flight Operations
Online Contents | 1997
|HUYGENS ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE INSTRUMENT OF HUYGENS PROBE ON CASSINI MISSION
Online Contents | 2002
|