Probe design considerations for a 1981 Pioneer Jupiter Orbiter/Probe mission are summarized. Extensive engineering analysis, design, and proof-of-concept testing of a reference probe system developed during the past three years are reviewed. Mission compatibility, science measurements, environmental characteristics, spacecraft interfaces, subsystem constraints, technology development, and programmatic factors are reviewed and discussed. It is demonstrated that for a low-entry-angle, daylight mission to Jupiter a 150 kg semiautonomous entry probe system utilizing state of the art technology is compatible with all the requirements.
Pioneer Jupiter Orbiter/Probe mission. II - Atmospheric Probe design considerations
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and American Geophysical Union, Conference on the Exploration of the Outer Planets
1975-09-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
The 1981 Jupiter orbiter probe mission
Elsevier | 1977
|Pioneer probe mission with orbiter option
NTRS | 1975