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The proposed launch date in October 2025 (with a backup in October 2026) would take advantage of a once-in-13-years window, when Earth is properly aligned with Jupiter. The spacecraft would use the gravitational pull of Jupiter as a slingshot straight to Triton for an extended 13-day encounter in 2038. [1]
Jun 17, 2020 · The proposed launch date in October 2025 (with a backup in October 2026) would take advantage of a once-in-a-13-year window, when Earth is properly aligned with Jupiter. The spacecraft would use the gravitational pull of Jupiter as a slingshot straight to Triton for an extended 13-day encounter in 2038.
Mission Planning for Trident: Discovery proposal to Neptune’s moon, Triton Trident was one of the four Discovery-class Step-1 mission proposals selected by NASA in 2020 for further development and study; however, in 2021, the Step-2 proposal was not down-selected to transition into the next phase of mission development, i.e., a mission for flight.Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, was the ...
Jun 18, 2020 · If the proposal is approved, Trident would tentatively launch in October 2025 (with a backup date in October 2026 if needed) and arrive at Triton in 2038. An ideal launch window to Neptune/Triton comes once every 13 years, when Earth is aligned with Neptune in a way that a spacecraft can use Jupiter’s gravity along the way to slingshot itself to Neptune.
moons, space environment, and Triton. Between Uranus and Neptune, the latter is unique in providing simultaneous access to both an ice giant and a Kuiper Belt dwarf planet. The spacecraft —in a class equivalent to the NASA /ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft —would launch by 2031 on a Space Launch System o r equivalent launch vehicle and utilize a ...
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Jun 19, 2020 · Global Color Mosaic of Triton, taken by Voyager 2 in 1989. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS. The Trident mission would launch in 2026, taking advantage of a rare and efficient alignment between Jupiter ...
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