MAE 146: Astronautics Design Project Winter 2014
Interplanetary Orbiter Mission Neptune Atmospheric and Interior Science Orbiter
(NAISO)
PREPARED BY:
Luke Guirguis Jose Sepulveda Sean Godinez
CONSTANTS and KNOWN VALUES
Sun (S):
πΊπππ£ππ‘ππππππ ππππππ‘ππ βΆ π !"# = 132,712,000,000 ππ!
π !
Earth (E):
πΊπππ£ππ‘ππππππ ππππππ‘ππ: π ! = 398,600 ππ!
π !
πΈπππ‘β πππππ‘ π ππππ’π ππππ’ππ ππ’π: π ! = 149.6 β 10! ππ
π ππππ’π ππ πΈπππ‘β: π! = 6,378 ππ
πππππππ πππππ‘ π ππππ’π ππ‘ πΈπππ‘β: π!"#$%&'#,! = 6,628 ππ
πππ’π π΄ππππππ¦ ππ ππππβ 13π‘β, 2014: π!,! = 70.90868Β°
ππππ πππ‘πππ ππ πΈπππ‘β: π! = 1.1407 β 10!!ππππ
πππππππ‘π¦ ππ πΈπππ‘β π ππππ‘ππ£π π‘π ππ’π: π£! = 29.7844πππ
Neptune (N):
πΊπππ£ππ‘ππππππ ππππππ‘ππ: π ! = 6,835,100 ππ!
π !
ππππ‘π’ππ πππππ‘ π ππππ’π ππππ’ππ ππ’π: π ! = 4.495 β 10! ππ
π ππππ’π ππ ππππ‘π’ππ: π! = 24,760 ππ
ππππππ‘ πΆππππ’πππ πππππππ πππππ‘ π ππππ’π π΄πππ’ππ πππ‘ππ’ππ βΆ π!"#$%! = 25,060 ππ
πππ’π π΄ππππππ¦ ππ ππππβ 13π‘β, 2014: π!,! = 274.44241Β°
ππππ πππ‘πππ ππ πππ‘ππ’ππ: π! = 6.9260 β 10!!ππππ
πππππππ‘π¦ ππ ππππ‘π’ππ π ππππ‘ππ£π π‘π ππ’π: π£! = 5.4336πππ
Centaur Upper Stage:
πΌ!" = 451 π
πΆπππ‘ππ’π πππ π = 2,243 ππ
NASIO:
πΌ!" = 318 π
ππ΄ππΌπ πππ π = 1,800 ππ
VARIABLES
Transfer Phase π!: ππππ βπππππ π΄π₯ππ πππΈπππππ‘ππππ πππππ πππ πππππ‘
π£!"! !: π πππ’ππππ βππππππππ‘πππ π£ππππππ‘π¦ ππ‘ πΈπππ‘β ππππππ‘π’ππ πππ π π»πβππππ π‘ππππ πππ
π£!,!: π πππ’ππππ π£ππππππ‘π¦ πππ π‘βπ πΈπππ‘β ππππ‘πππ ππππππ‘π’ππ βπ¦ππππππππ ππ ππππ π‘ππππππ‘πππ¦
π£!"#$%&'#,!:πππππππ‘π¦ ππ πΆπππ’πππ πππππππ πππππ‘ ππππ’ππ πΈπππ‘β
π£!!",!: πΌπππ‘πππ βπ¦ππππππππ π£ππππππ‘π¦ π€ππ‘βππ π πβπππ ππ πππππ’ππππ ππ πΈπππ‘β
Ξπ£!: π πππ’ππππ βπ£ π‘π πππ πππ‘ π‘βπ π πππππππππ‘ πππ‘π π βπ¦ππππππππ πΈπππ‘β ππ ππππ π‘ππππππ‘πππ¦
π!: πππππ πππ ππππ ππ ππππππππππ‘
π!: ππππππ ππ πππ‘ππ’ππ πππππ‘
π: π πππ’ππππ π΄πππ’πππ πππππππ‘πππ ππ ππππππ‘π π‘π π πππππ§π£ππ’π ππ‘ πππππ£ππ
π½!: πΏππππ‘πππ ππ π‘βπ πππππππ ππ π‘βπ ππππππ‘π’ππ βπ¦πππππππ
β!: π πππ’ππππ ππππππ πππ π‘ππππ ππ βπ¦ππππππππ ππ ππππ π‘ππππππ‘πππ¦
Arrival Phase π£!"! !: π»ππππππππ‘πππ π£ππππππ‘π¦ ππ‘ πππππ£ππ
π£!,!: πππππππ‘π¦ πππ π‘βπ ππππππ‘πππππ‘πππ πππππ£ππ βπ¦ππππππππ π‘ππππππ‘πππ¦
π½!: πΏππππ‘πππ ππ π‘βπ πππππππ ππ π‘βπ π΄ππππ£ππ βπ¦πππππππ
β!: π πππ’ππππ ππππππ πππ π‘ππππ π‘βπ π πππππππππ‘ π βππ’ππ πππππ’ππ‘ππ π‘βπ π πβπππ ππ πππππ’ππππ
β!!",!: π΄πππ’πππ ππππππ‘π’π ππ π‘βπ βπ¦ππππππππ πππππ£ππ π‘ππππππ‘πππ¦
π!!",! βΆ πΈπππππ‘πππππ‘π¦ ππ π‘βπ βπ¦ππππππππ πππππ£ππ π‘ππππππ‘πππ¦
π£!: πππππππ ππ π£ππππππ‘π¦ ππ π‘βπ βπ¦ππππππππ π‘ππππππ‘πππ¦
Ξπ£!: π πππ’ππππ βπ£ π‘π πππ πππ‘ πππ‘π πΆππππ’πππ πππππ‘ ππππ’ππ ππππ‘π’ππ
π£!"#$%&'#,!:πππππππ‘π¦ ππ πΆπππ’πππ πππππππ ππππππ‘ πππππ‘ ππππ’ππ ππππ‘π’ππ
CONTENTS Section page 1.0 Mission Objectivesβ¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦ 1 2.0 Launch to Parking Orbit Phaseβ¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦............ 2 3.0 Interplanetary Transfer Phaseβ¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦.. 4 4.0 Planetary Arrival Phaseβ¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦. 7 5.0 Propellant Mass Requirementsβ¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦. 9 6.0 Mission Summaryβ¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦... 10 7.0 Team Contributionsβ¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦................... 12 8.0 Referencesβ¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦. 13
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1.0 MISSION OBJECTIVE
The Neptune Atmospheric and Interior Science Orbiter (NAISO) will be orbiting
Neptune to perform an in depth study of the planet. The only other spacecraft that
has flown by Neptune is Voyager 2, which revealed Neptune had four rings, five
moons, and a "Great Dark Spot". The βGreat Dark Spotβ had vanished by the time the
Hubble Space Telescope studied Neptune five years later. NAISO will be launched
and inserted into a circular parking orbit around Earth, sent to Neptune using a
Hohmann transfer, and inserted into a circular orbit around Neptune. NAISOβs
science objectives are:
β’ Study Neptuneβs atmosphere and measure composition, temperature, and
other atmospheric properties
β’ Asses what the βGreat Dark Spotβ was and possibly search for other
occurrences
β’ Map Neptuneβs gravity and magnetic fields to offer insight on its internal
structure and core
NAISO is equipped with various instruments similar to the JUNO spacecraft sent to
Jupiter operated by JPL, in order to carry out these scientific objectives.
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2.0 LAUNCH TO PARKING ORBIT PHASE
The launch of mission NAISO is scheduled to take place on June 13th, 2014
(calculations shown in Section 3: Interplanetary Transfer Phase) under the
assumptions that the orbits of the planets around the Sun are coplanar and
circular. On this date, the required angular separation of Earth from Neptune is
approximately 113.1571Β°. While under realistic conditions a launch would not
be scheduled until June 16th, 2014. The launch site is located at Cape Canaveral,
Florida, also known as the Kennedy Space Center, at 28.Β° 30' N Latitude and 80Β°
33' W Longitude. The vehicle will be placed in parking orbit at a height altitude
of 250km with a 28.5Β° inclination, which means we will launch with an Azimuth
of 90Β° because of the equation:
πΌππππππ‘ππππ: π = 28.5Β°
πΏπ = 28.5Β°
π΄π§ = sin!!cos πcos πΏπ = 90Β°
This launch Azimuth will allow us to have a launch window of around 2 hours
according to the graph below:
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According to NASA's Horizon web interface, on the date of departure the Sun
relative to the geocentric frame will give us a hyperbolic asymptote with a right
ascension of:
π ππβπ‘ π΄π ππππππ: π π΄ = 05: 24: 0.09 HMS
and a declination of π·πΈπΆ = 23: 10: 46.7 DMS
The location of the hyperbolic asymptote is :
π½! = 72.1256Β° , πππππ’πππ‘ππππ ππ ππππ‘πππ 03
and
β!= 9101.366 ππ, πππππ’πππ‘ππππ ππ ππππ‘πππ 03
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3.0 INTERPLANETARY TRANSFER PHASE
Once in a circular parking orbit around Earth (π!"#$%&'#,! = 6,628 ππ), the
NAISO satellite will need to attain a βv1 with the upper stage Centaur V to begin its
Hohmann transfer to Neptune. In order to calculate this, we need to find the
required heliocentric velocity of the spacecraft:
ππππ βπππππ π΄π₯ππ ππ πΈπππππ‘ππππ πππππ πππ πππππ‘:
π! =12 π ! + π ! = 2.3223e09 ππ
π»ππππππππ‘πππ π£ππππππ‘π¦ ππ‘ πΈπππ‘β ππππππ‘π’ππ:
π£!"! ! = 2π !"#π !
βπ !!"π!
= 41.4376πππ
Thus, the velocity for the hyperbolic departure from Earth is:
π£!,! = π£!"! ! β π£! = 11.6532πππ
The location of the perigee of the departure hyperbola is found using the equations
below:
π½! = cos!!1
1+π!"#$%&'#,!π£!,!!
π !
= 72.1256Β°
β!= π!"#$%&'#,! 1+2π !
π!"#$%&'#,! β π£!,!!= 9101.366 ππ
The initial hyperbolic velocity ( π£!!",!) at Earth departure is found using
conservation of energy, where π!"#$%&'#,! is the radius of the parking orbit :
π£!!",!!
2 βπ !
π!"#$%&'#,!=π£!,!!
2 βπ !"#π!
Solving for π£!!",! , the equation reduces to:
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π£!!",! = π£!,!! +2π !
π!"#$%&'#,!= 16.0023
πππ
And the required βv to attain π£!,! is:
Ξπ£! = π£!!",! β π£!"#$%&'#,! , where π£!"#$%&'#,! =! !
!!"#$%&'#,!=
Ξπ£! = π£!!",! β ! !
!!"#$%&'#,!= 8.2474 !"
!
The required angular separation (π) between the Earth and Neptune at the time of
Earth departure in order to arrive at Neptuneβs orbit and rendezvous is found using
the time of the Hohmann transfer, which is half of the transfer period of the elliptical
orbit:
π! =12π =
12
2ππ !"#
π!!/! = 965099874 π
One period of Neptuneβs orbit is:
π! = !!! !"#
π !!/! = 5.1978π09 s
Thus the required angular separation is found using the relation: 180Β°β π180Β° =
π!( π!/2)
solving for π yields: π = 180Β°β !!β!"#Β° !!!
= 113.1571Β°
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With the angular separation, we can now calculate the launch date. Using the true
anomalies of Earth and Neptune recorded on March 13th, 2014
(π!,! = 70.90868Β° πππ π!,! = 274.44241Β°), and also the mean motion of each
planet (π! = β 10!!!"#! πππ π! = β 10!!
!"#!), we can define the positions of
Earth and Neptune relative to these true anomalies with the equations:
π! = π!,! + π!π‘ πππ π! = π!,! + π!π‘
The separation angle is the difference of these two equations:
π = π! β π! = π!,! β π!,! + π! β π! π‘
Solving for time t, this will give us the time from the true anomaly date in seconds to
launch:
π‘ =π + π!,! β π!,!
π! β π!= 7971148 π
Using the MATLAB function βaddtodate( )β, this time t was added to the initial date
of March 13th, 2014 to yield a launching date of June 13th, 2014.
The arrival date is simply calculated by adding the transfer time (π!) to the launch
date. Using MATLAB again, the arrival date is calculated to be January 11th, 2045.
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4.0 PLANETARY ARRIVAL PHASE
Upon arrival to Neptune, the heliocentric velocity of the spacecraft is:
π£!"! ! = 2π !"#π !
βπ !"#π!
= 1.3791πππ
Thus, the velocity for the hyperbolic arrival to Neptune is:
π£!,! = π£!"! ! β π£! = β4.0545πππ
The minus sign indicates that Neptune is travelling faster than the orbiter and
catching up to it, and thus π£!,! is pointed opposite of Neptuneβs velocity.
The target orbit radius around Neptune (π!"#$%! = 25,060 ππ) is 300 km above the
surface. The location of the perigee of the departure hyperbola is found using the
equation below:
π½! = cos!!1
1+π!"#$%&'#,!π£!,!!
π !
= 19.4118 Β°
The required aiming distance (β) with which the spacecraft should encounter the
sphere of influence of Neptune in order achieve the target orbit radius is found
using the equation:
β!= π!"#$%! 1+2π !
π!"#$%! β π£!,!!= 1.4652π05 ππ
This provides a hyperbolic arrival trajectory with an eccentricity of :
π!!",! =π!"#$%! β π£!,!!
π !+ 1 = 1.0603
and a specific angular momentum of:
β!!",! = π!"#$%! π£!,!! +2π !π!"#$%!
= 5.9405π05ππ!
π
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Thus, the periapsis velocity of the hyperbolic arrival is:
π£! =β!!",!π!"#$%!
= 23.7052πππ
The velocity required for the circular target orbit around Neptune is:
π£!"#$%&'#,! = π !
π!"#$%!= 16.5151
πππ
Which means the required βv to circularize the orbiterβs path is:
Ξπ£! = π£!"#$%&'#,! β π£! = β7.1901πππ
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5.0 PROPELLANT MASS REQUIREMENTS
The NAISO satellite is estimated to have a mass that is half of the JUNO
spacecraft. In addition, the NAISO is using
ππ΄πΌππ πΌ!" = 318 π
ππ΄ππΌπ πππ π : π!" = 1800 ππ
Thus, the required mass of propellant (π!,!) needed to achieve Ξπ£! = 7.1901 !"! is
found with the equation:
π!,!
π!" +π!,!= 1β π
!( !!!!!"β!!
)
Solving for π!,! yields:
π!,! = 16,240.48 ππ
which gives a total mass of the spacecraft with propellant to be:
π!"!! = π!" +π!,! = 18040.48 ππ
Now the required amount of fuel for Ξπ£! = 8.2474 !"! can be calculated:
πΆπππ‘ππ’π πΌ!" = 451 π
πΆπππ‘ππ’π πππ π : π!"#$%&' = 1800 ππ
π!,!
π!"#$%&' +π!,! +π!"!!= 1β π
!( !!!!!"β!!
)
Again, solving for π!,! yields:
π!,! = 110,549.34 ππ
This yields a total mass of the upper stage prior to the execution of the βv1 of:
π!"!#$ = π!"#$%&' +π!,! +π!"!! = 130,832.82 ππ
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6.0 MISSION SUMMARY
Objectives:
β’ Insert Satellite into circular orbit 300 km above Neptuneβs surface with a
Hohmann transfer
β’ Study Neptuneβs atmosphere and measure composition, temperature, and
other atmospheric properties
β’ Asses what the βGreat Dark Spotβ was and possibly search for other
occurrences
β’ Map Neptuneβs gravity and magnetic fields to offer insight on its internal
structure and core
Important Launching Parameters:
Launch Date: June 13th, 2014
Arrival Date: January 11th, 2045
πΌππππππ‘ππππ: π = 28.5Β°
πΏππ’πβ πΏππ‘ππ‘π’ππ: πΏπ = 28.5Β°
π΄π§πππ’π‘β βΆ π΄π§ = 90Β°
Important Transfer Parameters:
π£!,! = 11.6532πππ
π½! = 72.1256Β°
β!= 9101.366 ππ
Ξπ£! = 8.2474πππ
π = 113.1571Β°
Important Arrival Parameters:
π£!,! = β4.0545πππ
π!"#$%! = 25,060 ππ
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π½! = 19.4118 Β°
β!= 1.4652π05 ππ
π£!"#$%&'#,! = 16.5151πππ
Ξπ£! = β7.1901πππ
Mass Budget:
ππ΄πΌππ πΌ!" = 318 π
ππ΄ππΌπ πππ π : π!" = 1800 ππ
π!,! = 16,240.48 ππ
π!"!! = 18040.48 ππ
πΆπππ‘ππ’π πΌ!" = 451 π
πΆπππ‘ππ’π πππ π : π!"#$%&' = 1800 ππ
π!,! = 110,549.34 ππ
π!"!#$ = 130,832.82 ππ
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7.0 TEAM CONTRIBUTIONS
Everyone contributed to the calculations required for every section.
The following members wrote the Sections:
β’ Luke Guirguis: Sections 1, 3 and 4
β’ Jose Sepulveda: Sections 1,5, and 6
β’ Sean Godinez: Sections 1, 2, and 8
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