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Long dwell time orbits for lander-based Mars missions

Long dwell time orbits for lander-based Mars missions
Long dwell time orbits for lander-based Mars missions
This paper deals with the possibility of retrieving orbits around Mars able to provide long dwell times over a given area of the planet, without needing expensive orbital corrective manoeuvres. After a general description of the fundamental principles associated with the obtainment of the repeating ground track orbits which satisfy the aforesaid requirement, the concepts have been applied to Mars to gain trajectories which make it possible to maximise the daily contact time between a probe orbiting around the planet and a lander on the surface. The lander has been considered as equipped with an antenna of 0.5 m of diameter, working in the bands C, X, Ku, and the cases of both fixed and mobile antennas have been taken into account.
mars exploration, long dwell time, ground track
1270-9638
1-11
Ortore, Emiliano
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Circi, Christian
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Somma, Gian Luigi
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Ortore, Emiliano
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Circi, Christian
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Somma, Gian Luigi
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Ortore, Emiliano, Circi, Christian and Somma, Gian Luigi (2015) Long dwell time orbits for lander-based Mars missions. Aerospace Science and Technology, 46, 1-11. (doi:10.1016/j.ast.2015.06.026).

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This paper deals with the possibility of retrieving orbits around Mars able to provide long dwell times over a given area of the planet, without needing expensive orbital corrective manoeuvres. After a general description of the fundamental principles associated with the obtainment of the repeating ground track orbits which satisfy the aforesaid requirement, the concepts have been applied to Mars to gain trajectories which make it possible to maximise the daily contact time between a probe orbiting around the planet and a lander on the surface. The lander has been considered as equipped with an antenna of 0.5 m of diameter, working in the bands C, X, Ku, and the cases of both fixed and mobile antennas have been taken into account.

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Accepted/In Press date: 24 June 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 30 June 2015
Published date: October 2015
Keywords: mars exploration, long dwell time, ground track
Organisations: Faculty of Engineering and the Environment

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Local EPrints ID: 378947
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/378947
ISSN: 1270-9638
PURE UUID: c8467a02-b3ac-4dae-864c-32232c841961

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Date deposited: 15 Jul 2015 09:16
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 20:32

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Author: Emiliano Ortore
Author: Christian Circi
Author: Gian Luigi Somma

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