After passing the planet Jupiter in December 1974, Pioneer 11 is on a flight path on which it will encounter Saturn in late 1979. Following an uncorrected trajectory, the spacecraft would pass 2 million km behind Saturn. A sequence of midcourse maneuvers for modifying the Pioneer trajectory is discussed. The corrected flight path is to bring the spacecraft within 500,000 km of Saturn's satellite Titan. Attention is given to maneuver capabilities and constraints, the maneuver design concept, questions related to the selection of an interim aimpoint, and aspects of maneuver implementation.


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    Title :

    Maneuver sequence design for the post-Jupiter leg of Pioneer Saturn


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Astrodynamics Conference ; 1976 ; San Diego, CA


    Publication date :

    1976-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







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