STRV-2 payload early orbit experience and findings
Experiment results will be described for the first seven months of mission operations, as will the plans for the last few months of this one-year mission.
STRV-2 TSX-5↗
Engineering topics
Erickson, K. D.
Publications and source records attributed to Erickson, K. D..
Mission Operations for Mars Observer
Mission operations for the Mars Observer project were patterned after the low-cost approach proposed under the Planetary Observer program of the early 1980s.
Mars Observer project mapping spacecraft design sc↗
Mars geoscience/climatology orbiter low cost mission operations
It will not be possible to support the multiple planetary missions of the magnitude and order of previous missions on the basis of foreseeable NASA funding. It is, therefore, necessary to seek innovative means for accomplishing the goals of planetary exploration with modestly allocated resources. In this connection, a Core Program set of planetary exploration missions has been recommended. Attention is given to a Mission Operations design overview which is based on the Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter Phase-A study performed during spring of 1983.
Erickson, K. D.↗
The Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter 1990 mission
The fundamental objectives of the Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter (MGCO) 1990 mission are related to the determination of the surface composition and topography of the planet Mars, its gravitational and intrinsic magnetic fields, and the seasonal behavior of volatiles, dust, and the atmosphere of Mars. These objectives would be achieved through a global mapping of the planet over a Martian year. For the baseline mission, a single spacecraft would be launched in August 1990, arrive at Mars in August 1991, and map the planet from a Sun-synchronous, near-circular, polar orbit for one Martian year. Attention is given to a science rationale and objectives, a mission description, the flight system, and mission operations.
Low, G. D.↗