Current plans of NASA are to take advantage of the 1977 launch opportunity by sending a Mariner class spacecraft on a gravity assisted flyby of Jupiter which will then continue on to Saturn. The background of this Mariner Jupiter-Saturn 77 Project is reviewed and science objectives for this mission as currently adapted are given. This paper illustrates properties of the Jupiter-Saturn opportunities between 1976 and 1980 to give context to the 1977 opportunity. Details of the possibilities for the 1977 launch are shown along with constraints and example candidate trajectories. Options include close flybys and/or occultations of the satellites at Jupiter and Saturn, penetration of Saturn's rings, and various occultations of the planets. A short discussion of other factors, such as navigation and planetary quarantine (documented elsewhere) are included.


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    Title :

    Mariner Jupiter/Saturn 1977 preliminary mission design.


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and American Astronautical Society, Astrodynamics Conference, Palo Alto


    Publication date :

    1972-09-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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