Preliminary operations plan for the encounter portion of a manned Mars flyby mission
Abstract
An operational plan is constructed for the encounter segment of a manned Mars flyby mission involving six independently deployable probes, in addition to the manned mission module functioning as a command/control center. The first phase of the flyby system during encounter involves probe preseparation operations, probe injections, Mars approach, and Mars arrival; the second phase encompasses probe arrivals through checkouts, liftoff operations, direct photographic orbiter probe readout, and prebreak-even point operations. Attention is given to the functions of the mission module in all these cases.
- Publication:
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26th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
- Pub Date:
- January 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988aiaa.meetQ....G
- Keywords:
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- Encounters;
- Flyby Missions;
- Manned Space Flight;
- Mars Probes;
- Mission Planning;
- Operations Research;
- Mars Surface Samples;
- Satellite Observation;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration