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Global search of resonant trasfers for a Europa Lander to Clipper data relay

Authors :
Campagnola, Stefano
Landau, Damon
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2019.

Abstract

Following its prime mission Europa Clipper becomes a potential asset to relay data from a proposed Europa Lander back to Earth. To this end, we describe an efficient method to globally search for trajectories that repeatedly fly over the same location of Europa. Different families of trajectories emerge with different flyby geometries that satisfy a convoluted set of landing constraints. Here, the landing location and local solar time must match a limited set derived from expected Clipper observations, while providing multiple opportunities to land in a given season. We include estimates for data volume and radiation dose associated with these resonant trajectories.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.20210009395
Document Type :
Report