Research Article
Preliminary Capture Trajectory Design for Europa Tomography Probe
Table 1
Solution “A”—mission features.
| | Event | Time [days] | [m/s] | Resonance | DSM [m/s] |
| 0 | Departure | 0.00 | | 4 : 1 | 1.931 | A | Eu flyby | 7.07 | 3683.4 | 7 : 2 | 13.09 | B | Eu flyby | 32.13 | 3519.7 | 3 : 1 | 15.16 | C | Eu flyby | 42.74 | 3351.2 | 5 : 2 | 21.00 | D | Eu flyby | 60.46 | 3150.8 | 2 : 1 | 97.19 | E | Eu flyby | 67.29 | 2353.0 | 7 : 4 | 40.55 | F | Eu flyby | 91.98 | 2016.7 | 3 : 2 | 62.49 | G | Eu flyby | 102.39 | 1560.1 | 4 : 3 | 56.11 | H | Eu flyby | 116.33 | 1176.8 | 6:5 | 60.56 | I | EOI | 137.32 | 803.2 | | 715.18 |
| | Totals | 137.32 | | | 1083.27 |
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