Statistics – Applications
Scientific paper
Jun 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990mgnm.proc..177k&link_type=abstract
In its Proceedings of the Mars Global Network Mission Workshop p 177-189 (SEE N91-14359 06-12)
Statistics
Applications
Landing Sites, Mars Probes, Mars Surface, Mission Planning, Polar Orbits, Deployment, Descent, Dispersing, Ground Stations, Illuminating, Imaging Techniques
Scientific paper
The purpose of the Global Network Mission (GNM) is to deploy simple landers on the Martian surface in late 1998. The objective is to create a globally distributed network of ground stations which will collect environmental data, perhaps for as long as several years. The GNM presents unique mission design challenges, which are addressed by the following essay. The GNM mission concept calls for two carrier spacecraft, each equipped with a number of simple landers. Some of the landers may be deployed from approach, either to reduce carrier mass prior to orbit insertion, or to reach latitudes not available from the carrier orbit. The remaining landers are deployed from orbit. One configuration for the Global Network Mission was proposed in a report from the Exploration Precursors Task Team to the Office of Space Science and Applications. This formed the basis of a previous orbit design for the GNM. This mission scenario is used as a point of reference, but results from the current study are generally applicable to a wide range of GNM mission variants. The analysis concluded that a 1/5 sol, polar orbit with a periapse altitude of 275 km offers the best circumstances for orbital deployment of the Global Network Mission landers. It allows easy polar access at nominal entry angles, and global dispersal of landing sites at lighting angles suitable for descent imaging. The polar orbit allows the option of deploying all the landers from orbit. A wait interval of 160 days after arrival is required before deployment can commence.
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