Will aerocapture work for a Jupiter orbiter/moon lander? |
Will aerocapture work for a Jupiter orbiter/moon lander? |
Feb 12 2007, 04:09 PM
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Would such a plan work for getting something quickly/easily to Titan?
Maybe one could envision two aerobraking maneuvers: one at Saturn, then a second at Titan. 1) Probe enters over the pole of Saturn. 2) Closest approach/highest atmospheric drag would be in the ring plane (which due to atmospheric drag at this low altitiude would be pretty much devoid of particles in the ring plane) 3) Probe exits over opposite pole of Saturn. 4) The probes farthest point is at Titan's position 5) Probe enters Titan's atmosphere for second aerobraking maneuver(s) to park it in Titan orbit. -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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