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