Ensuring Cassini’s end-of-mission propellant margins

Sturm II, Erick J.; Barber, Todd J.; Roth, Duane

dc.contributor.author	Sturm II, Erick J.
dc.contributor.author	Barber, Todd J.
dc.contributor.author	Roth, Duane
dc.date.accessioned	2016-04-13T17:33:46Z
dc.date.available	2016-04-13T17:33:46Z
dc.date.issued	2015-03-07
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 7-14, 2015	en_US
dc.identifier.clearanceno	14-5307
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/45501
dc.description.abstract	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.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	NASA/JPL	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2015	en_US
dc.title	Ensuring Cassini’s end-of-mission propellant margins	en_US
dc.type	Preprint	en_US