Trajectory and spacecraft design for a pole-sitter mission

• Published in: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
• Main Authors: Ceriotti, Matteo, Heiligers, Jeannette, McInnes, Colin R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2014
• Subjects: Sitter; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/89742/; http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/89742/1/89742.pdf; https://doi.org/10.2514/1.A32477

This paper provides a detailed mission analysis and systems design of a pole-sitter mission. It considers a spacecraft that is continuously above either the North or South Pole and, as such, can provide real-time, continuous, and hemispherical coverage of the polar regions. Two different propulsion...