The Mercury dual orbiter mission

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Mar 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990aipc..203..111b&link_type=abstract

Particle astrophysics. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 203, pp. 111-115 (1990).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Particle Emission, Solar Wind, Lunar, Planetary, And Deep-Space Probes

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The Mercury Orbiter (MeO) will carry out a full range of particles, fields, and planetary imaging science at Mercury. Present mission plans call for a launch in 1999 with a flight time of about 4.5 years. By means of multiple Venus and Mercury gravitational assists, the mission can be accomplished with present U.S. launch vehicles and a very large payload can be placed in orbit around Mercury. The dual-spacecraft concept will permit outstanding scientific study of solar cosmic rays and the solar wind throughout the inner heliosphere from 0.3 AU to 1.0 AU. Modest enhancements to the planned magnetospheric instruments and utilization of onboard solar instruments will permit unique investigation of solar particle acceleration and transport with the MeO spacecraft.

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