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An L-class multirole observatory and science platform for Neptune

McKevitt, James; Bulla, Sophie; Dixon, Tom; Criscola, Franco; Parkinson-Swift, Jonathan; Bornberg, Christina; Singh, Jaspreet; ... Heinreichsberger, Carina; + view all (2021) An L-class multirole observatory and science platform for Neptune. In: Proceedings of the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX). (pp. pp. 1-14). International Astronautical Federation (IAF): St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Green open access

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Abstract

A coming resurgence of super heavy-lift launch vehicles has precipitated an immense interest in the future of crewed spaceflight and even future colonisation efforts. While it is true that a bright future awaits this sector, driven by commercial ventures and the reignited interest of old space-faring nations, and the joining of new ones, little of this attention has been reserved for the science-centric applications of these launchers. The Arcanum mission is a proposal to use these vehicles to deliver an L-class observatory into a highly eccentric orbit around Neptune, with a wideranging suite of science goals and instrumentation tackling Solar System science, planetary science, Kuiper Belt Objects and exoplanet systems.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: An L-class multirole observatory and science platform for Neptune
Event: Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX-21)
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://iafastro.directory/iac/browse/GLEX-2021/
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Neptune, Triton, KBO, Starship
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10204190
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