"JOVE" Jupiter Orbiting Vehicle for Exploration
- Paper ID
1968-SD1
- author
- company
1967 ASEE-NASA Auburn-Alabama-MSFC Systems Engineering Summer Faculty Fellows, Auburn University, University of Alabama
- country
U.S.A.
- year
1968
- abstract
JOVE is the conceptual design of an interplanetary unmanned vehicle with a heliocentric injection weight of 19500 pounds and 8000 pounds orbital weight. A 1978 or 1980 launch using a Saturn V would begin an 825-day transfer to an initial orbital peri apsis of 7 pi anet radii which could be decreased to 4 radii depending on the Jovian radi- ation environment. Data on the Asteroid Belt, solar flares and other phenomena would be collected during the 825-day transit. A detailed study of the planet and its envi ronment, including an occultation experiment, would be conducted during the 100-day orbi tal mi ssion time. A fixed 20-ft. high- gain antenna transmits 3800 bits/sec to Earth. 8 RTG's supply 640 We.