Bibcode
Beckman, J. C.; Miner, E. D.
Bibliographical reference
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and American Geophysical Union, Conference on the Exploration of the Outer Planets, St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 17-19, 1975, 18 p.
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1975
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Description
Science goals for missions to Jupiter in the early 1980's are reviewed
and a case is made for the science community to play the key role in
assigning relative priorities for these goals. A reference set of
measurement requirements and their priorities is established and those
high priority goals that are most demanding on spacecraft and mission
design are used to develop a reference mission concept. An orbiter
mission is required to satisfy a majority of the measurements, and a
spacecraft data handling capability as least equivalent to the Mariner
Jupiter/Saturn spacecraft is the major system design driver. This
reference Mission Concept is called Mariner Jupiter Orbiter. The
remaining measurement requirements are reviewed in light of the
potential science return of this mission, and certain options are
developed to augment this science return. Two attractive options fulfill
high priority objectives not achieved by the reference Mariner Jupiter
Orbiter mission alone: an atmospheric entry probe, released prior to
orbit insertion; and a daughter satellite dedicated to particle and
fields measurements, ejected into an independent orbit about Jupiter.