タイトル | Ensuring Cassini's End-of-Mission Propellant Margins |
著者(英) | Roth, Duane; Sturm, Erick J., II; Barber, Todd J. |
発行日 | 2015-03-07 |
言語 | eng |
内容記述 | The Cassini spacecraft is in its final years. On September 15, 2017, Cassini will plunge deep into Saturn's atmosphere never to reemerge; thus concluding its second extended mission and 13 years in orbit around the ringed planet. As of October 2014, the spacecraft is four years in to its seven-year, second extended mission, the Cassini Solstice Mission (CSM). With three years left and only 2.5% of its loaded bipropellant and 37% of its loaded monopropellant remaining, the Cassini project actively manages the predicted end-of-mission propellant margins to maintain a high confidence in the spacecraft's ability to complete the CSM as designed. |
NASA分類 | Propellants and Fuels |
権利 | Copyright |
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