Dragonfly is a New Frontiers Program mission led by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) which will deliver a rotorcraft lander to Saturn’s moon, Titan [1]. Relative to previous studies presented, Dragonfly recently passed its mission Preliminary Design Review (PDR) [2]. This study presents the updated design and analysis performed for the Dragonfly mission PDR. The entry vehicle analysis includes the phases of entry and descent prior to cruise stage separation until lander separation. These results discuss the robustness of the overall entry sequence as assessed through a Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis as well as sensitivity analysis.


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    Title :

    Dragonfly Entry and Descent Flight Mechanics Modeling and Analysis for Mission PDR


    Contributors:
    A Pensado (author) / R Winski (author) / J Williams (author)

    Conference:

    20th International Planetary Probe Workshop ; 2023 ; Marseille, FR


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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