{"title":"Mission Analysis for Landing on Pluto from a Fast, Hyperbolic Trajectory","authors":"Mark Warnecke, Kerry T. Nock, Kim M. Aaron","doi":"10.2514/1.a35498","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The results of a Pluto landing analysis study for a fast, hyperbolic approach trajectory are presented by assuming the use of a novel entry, descent, and landing system called an enveloping aerodynamic decelerator. A landing site uncertainty analysis is performed for an 11 September 2040 arrival by means of a Monte Carlo simulation to map key trajectory, aerodynamic, system, and atmosphere uncertainties to landing zone errors. The estimated 3 [Formula: see text] landing error ellipse is about 430 by 190 km. The band of feasible landing sites is between 35°N and 10°S latitude on the surface of Pluto.","PeriodicalId":50048,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2514/1.a35498","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The results of a Pluto landing analysis study for a fast, hyperbolic approach trajectory are presented by assuming the use of a novel entry, descent, and landing system called an enveloping aerodynamic decelerator. A landing site uncertainty analysis is performed for an 11 September 2040 arrival by means of a Monte Carlo simulation to map key trajectory, aerodynamic, system, and atmosphere uncertainties to landing zone errors. The estimated 3 [Formula: see text] landing error ellipse is about 430 by 190 km. The band of feasible landing sites is between 35°N and 10°S latitude on the surface of Pluto.
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