Cycler Orbits and Solar System Pony Express

A network of small satellites is designed to ferry data from Mars to Earth. The small satellites, or data mules, are assumed to have laser communicators and maintain cycler orbits. The concept exploits the fact that two nearby optical communicators can achieve extremely high data rates and that cycl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of spacecraft and rockets 2022-05, Vol.59 (3), p.861-870
Hauptverfasser:	Sanchez Net, Marc, Pellegrini, Etienne, Parker, Wilson, Vander Hook, Joshua, Woollands, Robyn
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Deep Space Network Ferries Mars Orbits Satellites Small satellites Solar system
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