Fast missions to Pluto using Jupiter gravity-assist and small launch vehicles

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Nov 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994jspro..31.1029m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650), vol. 31, no. 6, p. 1029-1037

Computer Science

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Launch Vehicles, Pluto (Planet), Spacecraft Trajectories, Swingby Technique, Gravitation, Launch Windows

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This paper gives a quantitative comparison of short trip time, direct transfer Earth-Pluto trajectories having launch windows in 1999, 2000, and 2001, that require Titan IV/Centaur launch vehicles with gravity-assist Earth-Jupiter-Pluto trajectories having launch windows in 2002, 2003, and 2004 for the exploration of Pluto. It is shown that by utilizing fast, gravity-assist Earth-Jupiter-Pluto trajectories rather than fast, direct transfer Earth-Pluto trajectories, missions to Pluto can be accomplished with much larger spacecraft using much smaller launch vehicles. This will result in a major cost reduction and, at the same time, provide a major increase in scientific return.

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