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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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