System challenges in the development of low-cost planetary missions

Carli, R.; Pablos, P.

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.07.030

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“…it costs $10,000 per pound to launch a payload on the Space Shuttle), thus allowing for the optimization of technology options to achieve mission objectives. It is a common practice in space systems development for mass, as it relates to cost, to be a driver in determining the deployment success of space products (Saleh et al, 2007, Koelle, 2005, Carli and Pablos, 2006. Although cost as an independent variable in the design of space systems has been prevalent throughout the industry for decades, there is a need to shift the emphasis of cost as a driver in the analysis for engineering space systems (Saleh et al, 2007).…”

Section: Equivalent System Massmentioning

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Development of Systems Engineering Maturity Models and Management Tools

Sauser¹,

Ramírez-Márquez²,

Nowicki³

et al. 2011

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Section: Equivalent System Massmentioning

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Development of Systems Engineering Maturity Models and Management Tools

Sauser¹,

Ramírez-Márquez²,

Nowicki³

et al. 2011

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“…Since then, the landscape of technologies (in particular those relevant for small Low Earth Orbit platforms and instrumentation) and launch capabilities (e.g., rideshares) have matured significantly, offering promising new opportunities for lowcost implementations of interplanetary missions. e ESA programmatic framework with the advent of the Aurora programme, now European Exploration Envelope Programme (E3P), and approach to low-cost planetary missions has thus evolved over the years [2][3][4][5].…”

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Small Mars Mission Architecture Study

Parfitt

McSweeney

Backer

et al. 2021

Advances in Astronomy

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While the vast majority of ESA’s funding for Mars exploration in the 2020s is planned to be invested in ExoMars and Mars Sample Return, there is an interest to assess the possibility of implementing a small mission to Mars in parallel with, or soon after, the completion of the MSR programme. A study was undertaken in the Concurrent Design Facility at ESA ESTEC to assess low-cost mission architectures for small satellite missions to Mars. Given strict programmatic constraints, the focus of the study was on a low-cost (<250MEuro Cost at Completion), short mission development schedule with a cost-driven spacecraft design and mission architecture. The study concluded that small, low-cost Mars missions are technically feasible for launch within the decade.

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System challenges in the development of low-cost planetary missions

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Development of Systems Engineering Maturity Models and Management Tools

Development of Systems Engineering Maturity Models and Management Tools

Small Mars Mission Architecture Study

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