A detailed Neptune aerocapture systems analysis and spacecraft design study was performed as part of NASA's In-Space Propulsion Program. The primary objectives were to assess the feasibility of a spacecraft point design for a Neptune/Triton science mission. That uses aerocapture as the Neptune orbit insertion mechanism. This paper provides an overview of the science, mission and spacecraft design resulting from that study.
Neptune aerocapture mission and spacecraft design overview
40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit ; 2004 ; Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
2004-07-12
Conference paper
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English
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