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Pirarucu Mars Moons Prospector

Pirarucu Mars Moons Prospector. AE427 Section 02 Preliminary Spacecraft Design ERAU Aerospace Engineering 2 October 2014. Team. Attitude and Orbit Control Systems Allen, Brett Communications Williams , Sarah Mission Planning Bourke, Justin Casariego , Gabriela

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Pirarucu Mars Moons Prospector

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  1. PirarucuMars Moons Prospector AE427 Section 02 Preliminary Spacecraft Design ERAU Aerospace Engineering 2 October 2014

  2. Team • Attitude and Orbit Control Systems Allen, Brett • Communications Williams, Sarah • Mission Planning Bourke, Justin Casariego, Gabriela Smith, Gregory • Power Maier, Margaret • PropulsionGosselin, Steven • Science and instrumentationMelchert, Jeanmarie • Command and data handling Reis, Leslie • Structures Hiester, Evan Patel, Chitrang Snow, Travis • Teaching Assistant Franquiz, Francisco • Instructor Udrea, Bogdan

  3. Outline • RASC-AL competition • Mars Moons Prospector • Science and science traceability matrix • Concept of operations • Preliminary mission configuration • Open questions

  4. Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concept – Academic Linkage1 (RASC-AL) • Goals: • Looking for innovation in NASA exploration approaches and strategies • Looking for evolutionary architecture development to: • Reduce costs • Promote future human space exploration • Improve safety • Sustainable space exploration programs • Collaboration with commercial and international partners 1http://nia-cms.nianet.org/RASCAL/Program-Info/RASC-AL-THEMES.aspx

  5. Mars Moon Prospector Mission • Theme: • Design a robotic mission that interrogates one or both [Martian] moons to fill in strategic knowledge gaps • Support of an ISRU driven human Mars architecture, including manned missions to the moons • Constraints: • Must be launched on a single launch vehicle in 2022 • Cost no more than $300 million, exclusive of launch vehicle • Primary mission must be completed by 2025 • Extended missions are encouraged if practical

  6. Science Traceability Matrix (1/3) References Darlene, L. (2012). MEPAG 2012 Goal IV update. Britt, D. T. (2014, March 03). Planetary and Space Science. Retrieved September 26, 2014, from Science Direct: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063314001123 NASA. (n.d.). Small Body Assesment Group. Retrieved October 2, 2014, from http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/findings/

  7. Science Traceability Matrix (2/3)

  8. Science Traceability Matrix (3/3)

  9. Concept of Operations • Multi-spacecraft mission: • Mothership: • Bus provides power, propulsion, comms, attitude control • Carries 12 CubeSats • Carries instruments • CubeSats: • A Team • Surface science instruments • Seven Dwarves • Surface sample retrieval and carrier to mothership • Dock and refuel with the mothership

  10. Preliminary Mission Configuration • Launch vehicle selection: • Falcon Heavy (Projected Values): • 12,000kg Payload • $85 million • Structure design: • Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter Ring (ESPA): • CubeSat ring • Propulsive and power ring • Instrument ring • Communications: • Ka-band for Earth communications • Net-T network for inter-spacecraft communications

  11. Preliminary Structure ESPA ring: 157.48 cm (Diameter) CubeSat 24cmx23cmx26cm Lightband ring: 20.32cm (Diameter)

  12. PirarucuMars Moons Prospector Open Questions

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