Sep 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987flint.132...46w&link_type=abstract
Flight International (ISSN 0015-3710), vol. 132, Sept. 19, 1987, p. 46, 48, 49.
Physics
Interplanetary Flight, Mercury (Planet), Unmanned Spacecraft, Interplanetary Spacecraft, Mission Planning, Solar Sails, Spacecraft Configurations, Spacecraft Propulsion
Scientific paper
Various unmanned missions to Mercury are proposed. The proposal submitted to ESA for a Mercury polar orbiter (MPO) to analyze the planet's surface and internal structure is discussed; some of the multispectral imaging and mapping spectrometer instruments that would be contained on the MPO and their functions are described. The use of a penetrator to study the internal structure of the planet is examined. The penetrator is a 35 kg, 9-cm in diameter, 1.5-m long body that will house a three-axis seismometer, an alpha-proton scattering device, and a temperature sensor. The JPL has identified a number of launch opportunities during 1990-2010, and a detailed schedule for the 1996 launch window is presented. Consideration is given to a Mercury relativity satellite and the World Space Foundation's design of a solar sail spacecraft carrying two orbiters.
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