European Space Agency studies of the solar probe
Abstract
The feasibility and scientific objectives of a solar probe were studied by a Mission Definition Group in 1975 and 1976. The orbit analysis program was developed and an extended study of the orbit analysis was done in 1977. The results of these studies are in the Report of the Mission Definition Study (1976) and an E.S.O.C. report (1978), and the reader is referred to these sources for greater details. In this report, only brief discussion on mission concept and objectives, satellite design, orbit, orbit analysis, are presented.
- Publication:
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A Close-up of the Sun
- Pub Date:
- September 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978clus.nasa..556R
- Keywords:
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- European Space Agency;
- Mission Planning;
- Satellite Design;
- Solar Probes;
- Orbit Calculation;
- Payloads;
- Spacecraft Trajectories;
- Trajectory Analysis;
- Solar Physics