MDPI Aerospace Notebooks
SmallSat Mission Concepts
Jupyter Notebooks associated with Girija (2023), Aerocapture: Enabling Small Spacecraft Direct Access to Low-Circular Orbits for Planetary Constellations, submitted to MDPI Aerospace.
- Section 1.1 - Orbit Insertion DV
- Section 1.2 - Propellant Mass Fraction vs. DV
- Section 2.0 - Aerocapture Vehicle Design
- Section 3.1 - Mars SmallSat Aerocapture - Mission Requirements
- Section 3.2 - Mars SmallSat Aerocapture - Tradespace Exploration
- Section 3.3 - Mars SmallSat Aerocapture - Interplanetary Arrival, Approach
- Section 3.4 - Mars SmallSat Aerocapture - Nominal Trajectory
- Section 3.5 - Mars SmallSat Aerocapture - Target EFPA Selection
- Section 3.6 - Mars SmallSat Aerocapture - Guidance Scheme
- Section 3.7 - Mars SmallSat Aerocapture - Performance Analysis
- Section 3.8 - Mars SmallSat Aerocapture - Orbiter Deflection Manuever
- Section 4.1 - Venus SmallSat Aerocapture - Mission Requirements
- Section 4.2 - Venus SmallSat Aerocapture - Tradespace Exploration
- Section 4.3 - Venus SmallSat Aerocapture - Interplanetary Approach
- Section 4.4 - Venus SmallSat Aerocapture - Aerocapture Trajectory
- Section 4.5 - Venus SmallSat Aerocapture - Target EFPA Selection
- Section 4-6 - Venus SmallSat Aerocapture - Guidance Scheme
- Section 4-7 - Venus SmallSat Aerocapture - Performance Analysis
- Section 4.8 - Venus SmallSat Aerocapture - Orbiter Deflection Maneuver
- Section 5.1 - Mars SmallSat Constellation - Mission Requirements
- Section 5.2 - Mars SmallSat Constellation - Approach Trajectories
- Section 5.3 - Mars SmallSat Constellation - Deflection Maneuvers
- Section 5.4 - Mars SmallSat Constellation - All Orbits
- Section 6.1 - Venus SmallSat Constellation - Mission Requirements
- Section 6.2 - Venus SmallSat Constellation - Approach Trajectories
- Section 6.3 - Venus SmallSat Constellation - Deflection Manuevers
- Section 6.4 - Venus SmallSat Constellation - All Orbits
- Section 7.0 - Cost Assessment