Trajectory and mission requirement data are presented for Earth-Mars opposition class and conjunction class round trip stopover mission opportunities available during the time period year 2000 to year 2045. The opposition class mission employs the gravitational field of Venus to accelerate the space vehicle on either the outbound or inbound leg. The gravitational field of Venus was used to reduce the propulsion requirement associated with the opposition class mission. Representative space vehicle systems are sized to compare the initial mass required in low Earth orbit of one mission opportunity with another mission opportunity. The interplanetary space vehicle is made up of the spacecraft and the space vehicle acceleration system. The space vehicle acceleration system consists of three propulsion stages. The first propulsion stage performs the Earth escape maneuver; the second stage brakes the spacecraft and Earth braking stage into the Mars elliptical orbit and effects the escape maneuver from the Mars elliptical orbit. The third propulsion stage brakes the mission module into an elliptical orbit at Earth return. The interplanetary space vehicle was assumed to be assembled in and depart from the space station circular orbit.


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    Title :

    Mars Exploration, Venus Swingby and Conjunction Class Mission Modes, Time Period 2000 to 2045


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1984


    Size :

    82 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Mars Exploration, Venus Swingby and Conjunction Class Mission Modes: Time Period 2000 to 2045

    Archie C Young / John A Mulqueen / James E Skinner | NTRS | 1984





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