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