The Pluto Flyby Exploration/Research Design (PFERD) mission will consist of a flyby spacecraft to Pluto and its satellite, Charon. The mission lifetime is expected to be 18 years. The Titan 4 with a Centaur upper stage will be utilized to launch the craft into the transfer orbit. The proposal was divided into six main subsystems: (1) scientific instrumentation; (2) command, communications, and control: (3) altitude and articulation control; (4) power and propulsion; (5) structures and thermal control; and (6) mission management and costing. Tradeoff studies were performed to optimize all factors of design, including survivability, performance, cost, and weight. Problems encountered in the design are also presented.


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    Title :

    PFERD Mission: Pluto Flyby Exploration/Research Design


    Contributors:
    G. Lemke (author) / H. Zayed (author) / J. Herring (author) / D. Fuehne (author) / K. Sutton (author)

    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    71 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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