The Voyager spacecraft represents the state-of-the-art in proven long-life planetary spacecraft. Like its predecessors, the Voyager system design reflects the influence of mission and science requirements, lifetime considerations, environmental factors, technology readiness, hardware availability, and hardware cost. This paper presents the Voyager hardware and software system designs within the context of these design drivers. Major departures from the 'baseline design' are discussed revealing the underlying factors that shaped the final design. Finally, with the benefit of 5 years of test and inflight operational experience, a critical assessment of the design and design methods is made and suggestions are offered to improve similar future efforts.


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    Title :

    The Voyager spacecraft system design


    Contributors:
    Jones, C. P. (author) / Risa, T. H. (author)

    Conference:

    Annual Meeting and Technical Display on Frontiers of Achievement ; 1981 ; Long Beach, CA


    Publication date :

    1981-05-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English