Spacecraft Design and Systems Engineering
Designing a space mission and spacecraft to Enceladus
Interplanetary cruise and flyby trajectories. With a 21 day launch window starting February 22 2033 and Earth reentry by November 17 2050, the mission is set to last 17.7 years with a total Δv budget of 3.55 km/s (1 km/s for cruise and Saturn Orbit Insertion, 0.85 km/s for mission science flybys, 1.2 km/s for Earth return and a 0.5 km/s margin for EOL)
The goal of this project was to design a sample return mission to a moon beyond the asteroid belt. Saturn’s Moon Enceladus was selected for its unique plumes of water ice emanating from its south pole.
Project Report (Conference Paper Format) here.
Mission Concept Review Poster here.
