A trajectory design and analysis that describes aerocapture, entry, descent, and inflation of manned and unmanned High Altitude Venus Operation Concept (HAVOC) lighter-than-air missions is presented. Mission motivation, concept of operations, and notional entry vehicle designs are presented. The initial trajectory design space is analyzed and discussed before investigating specific trajectories that are deemed representative of a feasible Venus mission. Under the project assumptions, while the high-mass crewed mission will require further research into aerodynamic decelerator technology, it was determined that the unmanned robotic mission is feasible using current technology.


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    Title :

    High Altitude Venus Operations Concept Trajectory Design, Modeling and Simulation



    Conference:

    AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting ; 2015 ; Williamsburg, VA, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-01-11


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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