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Small Satellite Missions to Mars – S2M2
Fri, 02/17/2023 - 09:32
Start Date:
2020
Programme:
Discovery
End Date:
2021
Programme Reference:
20-P-M-HRE-02-c
Country:
Germany
Contractor:
OHB System AG
Status:
Closed
Description:
The activity 'Small Satellite Missions to Mars (S2M2)' is an early-phase architecture study of a potential low-cost mission to Mars as further step in the Mars exploration roadmap developed by ESA.
A potential implementation from industry’s point of view was assessed, applying the strict design-to-cost philosophy by fostering strong reuse of an available OHB platform. Trade-offs were performed for assessing a low-cost mission profile targeting the programmatic constraints that were input to this study.
Application Domain:
Exploration
Keywords:
Mission Design
Mars
Small Satellites
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