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Saturn Ring Sample Collection Mission (SRSCM)
By: Bennie Mahonda & Isis Charles
Goal: Collect a Sample of the Saturn Ring materials
Our Goal for SRSCP
Destination Saturn's Rings
What is the best way to get to your destination?
Orbit through the Rings of Saturn.
What is the timeframe of your assembly from design to launch?
Timeframe of Assembly: 6-7 years to assemble
Timeframe of Launch: 10 mintue window
The How To of the Mission
What is the Best way to get to our Destination?
By using the "Figure 8" Also known as the Boomerang method.
How will we test what we are looking for at our destination?
Orbit close to Saturn's Rings open the vent on the spacecraft to collect sample
What will the Spacecraft be made out of?
The Spacecraft details
Image via: NASA. (2018, April 22). Cassini Spacecraft [Photograph]. Retrieved from
htp://www.tasc-csa.gc.ca/eng/search/images/watch.asp?id=6230
Materials
Scientific Materials:
Materials used for the Spacecraft
- Aeroshell Design container with heat shield and parachute
- SamCam
- Polycam
- Laser Altimeter measures distance using light
Spacecraft Materials:
- graphite-fiber/polymer-matnx composite
- aluminum composite materials are used on spacecraft
- Multi-layer insulation, or MLI
- Solar Panels
Lockheed Martin, University of Arizona, & Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.
(n.d.). Science Payload (NASA, Comp.). Retrieved from Asteriodmission.org
website: https://www.asteroidmission.org/objectives/instruments/
Spacecraft Function
What is the Likely Mass of the Spacecraft?
Dry Mass: ≈ 1,940 pounds (880 kilograms)
Wet Mass: ≈ 4,650 pounds (2,110 kilograms)
What kind of power source will propel your vehicle?
Getting to Space
Launch Vehicle of Choice
Atlas V from ULA can payload up to
4,750–8,900 kg (10,470–19,620 lb)
Funding
- US$109 million in 2016 launch
- $800 USD for spacecraft
Clark, S. (2016, September 7). OSIRIS-REx reaches launch pad with money to spare
[Fact sheet]. Retrieved April 22, 2018, from spaceflightnow.com website:
https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/09/07/
osiris-rex-reaches-launch-pad-with-money-to-spare/
Cassini Legacy: Spacecraft. (n.d.). Retrieved April 19, 2018, from Jet Propulsion Laboratory website: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/the-journey/the-spacecraft/
Davis, P. (Ed.). (n.d.). Cassini Legacy. Retrieved April 19, 2018, from Jet Propulsion Laboratory website: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
Hille, K. (Ed.). (2017, August 25). NASA’s Asteroid Sample Return Mission Successfully Adjusts Course. Retrieved April 17, 2018, from NASA website: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/asteroid-sample-return-mission-successfully-adjusts-course
Instruments. (n.d.). Retrieved April 19, 2018, from Osiris-Rex Asteroid Sample Return Mission website: https://www.asteroidmission.org/objectives/instruments/
May, S. (Ed.). (2010, September 17). What Was The Saturn V? Retrieved April 17, 2018, from NASA website: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-was-the-saturn-v-58.html
Nasa launches Osiris-Rex space probe to collect asteroid samples – video. (2016, September 9). Retrieved April 22, 2018, from The Guardian website: https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2016/sep/09/nasa-launches-osiris-rex-space-probe-asteroid-bennu-samples-video
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. (n.d.). Retrieved April 22, 2018, from www.NASA.com website: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/osiris_rex_factsheet5-25.pdf
Sources Cited
Cassini Legacy: Spacecraft. (n.d.). Retrieved April 19, 2018, from Jet Propulsion Laboratory website: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/the-journey/the-spacecraft/
Davis, P. (Ed.). (n.d.). Cassini Legacy. Retrieved April 19, 2018, from Jet Propulsion Laboratory website: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
Hille, K. (Ed.). (2017, August 25). NASA’s Asteroid Sample Return Mission Successfully Adjusts Course. Retrieved April 17, 2018, from NASA website: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/asteroid-sample-return-mission-successfully-adjusts-course
Instruments. (n.d.). Retrieved April 19, 2018, from Osiris-Rex Asteroid Sample Return Mission website: https://www.asteroidmission.org/objectives/instruments/
May, S. (Ed.). (2010, September 17). What Was The Saturn V? Retrieved April 17, 2018, from NASA website: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-was-the-saturn-v-58.html
Nasa launches Osiris-Rex space probe to collect asteroid samples – video. (2016, September 9). Retrieved April 22, 2018, from The Guardian website: https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2016/sep/09/nasa-launches-osiris-rex-space-probe-asteroid-bennu-samples-video
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. (n.d.). Retrieved April 22, 2018, from www.NASA.com website: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/osiris_rex_factsheet5-25.pdf
Clark, S. (2016, September 7). OSIRIS-REx reaches launch pad with money to spare
[Fact sheet]. Retrieved April 22, 2018, from spaceflightnow.com website:
https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/09/07/
osiris-rex-reaches-launch-pad-with-money-to-spare/