Orbiter description document for Jupiter Orbiter Probe 1981/1982 Mission

The Jupiter Orbiter as it is presently understood is documented. Because the Jupiter Orbiter Probe 1981/1982 (JOP 81/82) Project will be severely cost constrained, the Orbiter design and capabilities described herein are not subject to major change or modification as a result of instrument selection. The JOP science payload should conform to this defined capability and the specified interfaces. A description and discussion of any science instrument complement is excluded, except the imaging science subsystem and the radio science capability which are provided by the project as Orbiter facilities. The environmental design requirements and the mission operations description are studied. This document has been prepared specifically for the JOP Announcement of Opportunity proposal preparation package and describes the Jupiter Orbiter in sufficient detail to allow the science community to propose scientific instrumentation consistent with its capabilities and limitations.