Prometheus: a low-cost microsatellite flyby mission of 4179 Toutatis

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Nov 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003esasp.542..227k&link_type=abstract

In: Proceedings of the Fifth IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions, 24-26 September 2003, Noordwijk, The N

Computer Science

Near Earth Object, Microsatellite, (4179) Toutatis, Interplanetary Mission

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An interplanetary small satellite mission is presented in this paper. The mission is to capture a series of images of a Near Earth Object (NEO) and transmit them back to Earth. In this work a full design and system description of the satellite is presented along with a simple outline of the mission and the expected imagery received. The aim of the design process was to produce a practical, low-cost, small satellite mission with mainly commercial off-the-shelf components and a rapid development schedule. Despite difficult mass and volumetric constraints, the Prometheus team was able to establish that a small microsatellite observation mission for NEOs appears feasible in the near-term.

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