Preliminary design of Mars exploration mission by multiple landers and orbiters

Naoko Ogawa*, Takashi Kubota, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi, Takehiko Satoh

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Abstract

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has established a novel working group for the next Mars exploration program named MELOS to be started in the late 2010's. This paper describes the preliminary mission analysis and orbit design for several candidate plans. Synergic exploration by several spacecraft requires complicated and careful consideration, different from single-probe missions. Some mission plans to realize required configuration and simple simulation results are reported.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009
Pages1140-1149
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009 - Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 12 Oct 200916 Oct 2009

Publication series

Name60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009
Volume2

Conference

Conference60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityDaejeon
Period12/10/0916/10/09

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