Aug 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992wadc.iafcr....s&link_type=abstract
IAF, International Astronautical Congress, 43rd, Washington, Aug. 28-Sept. 5, 1992. 23 p. Research supported by NASA.
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Flyby Missions, Pluto Atmosphere, Space Exploration, Spacecraft Instruments, Swingby Technique, Titan Launch Vehicles, Charge Coupled Devices, Interplanetary Trajectories, Solid Propellant Rocket Engines, Spacecraft Antennas, Spacecraft Design, Ultraviolet Spectrometers
Scientific paper
Two NASA-sponsored cost-constrained mission implementations for the exploration of Pluto are described. One is the Pluto Fast Flyby (PFF) mission, which utilizes an 83 kg spacecraft to be launched in 1998 aboard a Titan IV (Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade)/Centaur) for an about 7-year-long direct trajectory to Pluto, which will carry an integrated CCD-imaging/UV spectrometer, with a possible integrated IR spectrometer. The other is the Pluto-350 spacecraft, weighing about 316 kg, which will carry a broader instrument set, greater redundancy, and which will require greater than 11 year flight time. Pluto-350 will be launched in 2001 aboard a Delta or Atlas, toward earth and Jupiter swingbys to provide the energy to reach Pluto.
Abraham Douglas S.
Carraway John B.
Esposito Paul J.
Hansen Elaine
Salvo Christopher G.
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