Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter interplanetary injection period analysis

Kowalkowski, Theresa D.; Kangas, Julie A.; Parcher, Daniel W.

dc.contributor.author	Kowalkowski, Theresa D.
dc.contributor.author	Kangas, Julie A.
dc.contributor.author	Parcher, Daniel W.
dc.date.accessioned	2006-02-14T17:43:38Z
dc.date.available	2006-02-14T17:43:38Z
dc.date.issued	2006-01-22
dc.identifier.citation	2006 AAS/AIAA SpaceFlight Mechanics Meeting, Tampa, Florida, January 22-26, 2006.	en
dc.identifier.clearanceno	06-0037
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/38714
dc.description.abstract	This paper investigates the sensitivity of the planned Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter mission to variations in interplanetary injection date, magnitude, and direction, starting in a low-Earth assembly orbit. These results are used to determine the frequency and number of injection opportunities from a processing assembly obit. It is shown that the use of a low-thrust propulsion system with a nuclear-electric power source would allow the interplanetary trajectory performance to be relatively insensitive to variations in injection conditions. This result yields many injection opportunities due to the long injection period and consecutive orbits with favorable geometry	en
dc.description.sponsorship	NASA/JPL	en
dc.format.extent	980683 bytes
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.	en
dc.subject	Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO)	en
dc.subject	trajectory	en
dc.subject	low-thrust	en
dc.title	Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter interplanetary injection period analysis	en
dc.type	Preprint	en