TY - GEN
T1 - An atmosphere and plume explorer of the jovian system
AU - Lorenz, Christopher G.
AU - Case, Alexander W.
AU - Pekosh, Jeffrey D.
AU - Ahern, Drew M.
AU - Bernhardt, Thomas
AU - Butt, Sabeeh
AU - Coverstone, Victoria Lynn
AU - Eiler, Eric A.
AU - Ghosh, Alexander
AU - Haddox, Patrick
AU - Kite, Alexander
AU - Lohan, Kevin
AU - dos Santos, Luiz Felipe Santana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The Atmosphere and Plume Explorer Mission (APEX) is a novel nano-satellite architecture that will place a CubeSat onboard NASA’s proposed Europa Multiple Flyby Mission in the late 2020s. This CubeSat has been designed to perform atmosphere and plume science as well as radiation measurements around both Europa and Io for relatively low cost. The spacecraft described here is a 6U, solar powered CubeSat which will be sent to the Jovian system offering a significant scientific extension of the Europa Clipper mission at a relatively low cost. This represents a flexible mission architecture which can be adjusted to accommodate different mission science priorities as well as changes in the mission of the parent spacecraft. This concept focuses on utilizing only components and technologies that are presently available or will be available in the near-term with minimal development required.
AB - The Atmosphere and Plume Explorer Mission (APEX) is a novel nano-satellite architecture that will place a CubeSat onboard NASA’s proposed Europa Multiple Flyby Mission in the late 2020s. This CubeSat has been designed to perform atmosphere and plume science as well as radiation measurements around both Europa and Io for relatively low cost. The spacecraft described here is a 6U, solar powered CubeSat which will be sent to the Jovian system offering a significant scientific extension of the Europa Clipper mission at a relatively low cost. This represents a flexible mission architecture which can be adjusted to accommodate different mission science priorities as well as changes in the mission of the parent spacecraft. This concept focuses on utilizing only components and technologies that are presently available or will be available in the near-term with minimal development required.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84960424110
SN - 9781624103346
T3 - AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition
BT - AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - AIAA SPACE Conference and Exposition, 2015
Y2 - 31 August 2015 through 2 September 2015
ER -