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This is one of the few projects of Orbiter Italia Forum with unmanned probes.
"Galileo II" is envisioned as the sequel of the ill-fated Galileo probe, that has experienced several technical difficulties during his long mission around the planet Jupiter, with heavy limitations on his scientific results, especially the number and the quality of the pictures of the jovian system.
Galileo II is born to provide an higher level on the jovian exploration, directly comparable with the work of the Cassini/Huygens spacecraft at Saturn.
Unlike the Juno probe, Galileo II, that is a heavier spacecraft, is a RTG-powered probe, mainly for his high power requirements and estimated service life.
Here the "Salviati" sub-probe, a small lander for Europa, with human figure for reference. This is only a conceptual sketch. Filippo Salviati, an italian scientist of '600, is the main character of the magnus opus of Galileo Galilei, "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems".
Galileo II will be launched with a Jarvis-E rocket. This launcher has enough power to inject the probe directly in trans-jovian trajectory, without the complex Venus-Earth gravity assist needed for the earlier Galileo and Cassini probes.
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The main challenge of this addon is the drawing of a credible flight plan and, consequently, the specification of the delta-V required for the main spacecraft and for the Europa lander and the related dimension of the fuel tanks.
i'm looking for detailed informations about the flight plans of Galileo and Cassini spacecraft...
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Detail of the scan platform, with his instruments.
"Galileo II" is envisioned as the sequel of the ill-fated Galileo probe, that has experienced several technical difficulties during his long mission around the planet Jupiter, with heavy limitations on his scientific results, especially the number and the quality of the pictures of the jovian system.
Galileo II is born to provide an higher level on the jovian exploration, directly comparable with the work of the Cassini/Huygens spacecraft at Saturn.
Unlike the Juno probe, Galileo II, that is a heavier spacecraft, is a RTG-powered probe, mainly for his high power requirements and estimated service life.
Here the "Salviati" sub-probe, a small lander for Europa, with human figure for reference. This is only a conceptual sketch. Filippo Salviati, an italian scientist of '600, is the main character of the magnus opus of Galileo Galilei, "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems".
Galileo II will be launched with a Jarvis-E rocket. This launcher has enough power to inject the probe directly in trans-jovian trajectory, without the complex Venus-Earth gravity assist needed for the earlier Galileo and Cassini probes.
---------- Post added at 09:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:08 AM ----------
The main challenge of this addon is the drawing of a credible flight plan and, consequently, the specification of the delta-V required for the main spacecraft and for the Europa lander and the related dimension of the fuel tanks.
i'm looking for detailed informations about the flight plans of Galileo and Cassini spacecraft...
---------- Post added at 08:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 AM ----------
Detail of the scan platform, with his instruments.
