Dragonfly is a New Frontiers Program mission, led by The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, that will deliver a rotorcraft lander to Saturn’s moon, Titan. The focus of this work is to analyze the trajectory of the entry vehicle from cruise stage separation until lander separation. This analysis is done by the NASA Langley Research Center Entry, Descent, and Landing team using the Program to Optimize Trajectories II. This paper provides an overview of the current design and the robustness of the overall entry sequence using a Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis. The work presented in this study includes the updated design, models, and analysis completed since the Dragonfly Entry, Descent, and Landing Mission Preliminary Design Review.


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    Title :

    Dragonfly Mission Entry and Descent Modeling and Simulation Overview


    Contributors:
    A. Pensado (author) / R. Winski (author) / J. Williams (author) / C. Robb (author)

    Publication date :

    2024


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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