Titan SURF/Titan Mission Design
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Mentor(s): Craig Peterson, Jerrold Marsden, Michael Ortiz
Project Description: The student will work with JPL mission designers and Caltech advisors to use both conventional trajectory tools and the Lagrangian Coherent Structures (LCS) tool to characterize the trade space of potential flyby trajectories to determine delta-V or other mission requirements that would be imposed by various flyby scenarios, focusing primarily on augmenting a Titan targeted mission with Enceladus, but including other moons of interest as time permits. Representatives of the JPL Titan mission study team will work with the student to review their results and provide guidance as needed to keep the work relevant a future Titan mission. Caltech advisors will provide training and guidance on application of the LCS tool to this problem domain.
Recommended Prerequisites: Some experience with orbital dynamics (for example a mission design class) is desirable. Familiarity with low-energy trajectories and multi-body dynamics is desirable.
