System level aspects of an out-of-ecliptic mission using the Ariane launch vehicle are discussed. They include: mission analysis and overall mission performance; configuration selection and description of the preferred solution; overall mass and power budgets; reliability analysis; radiation levels and protection; development plan; and cost estimates. It is concluded that a spacecraft using predominantly European hardware, but excluding the RTG, could be developed for a cost of some 38 MAU at mid 1975 rates (Phase C/D) to achieve a maximum heliographic latitude of just under 70 deg, using a Delta Vega type orbit, giving a total mission lifetime of about 6 years.


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    Title :

    Out-of-Ecliptic Using Ariane Launch Vehicle. Volume 2: Systems Studies


    Contributors:
    J. Simpson (author) / J. Howard (author) / B. Garner (author) / T. Morley (author) / K. Harding (author)

    Publication date :

    1977


    Size :

    203 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English