The Hera Saturn Entry Probe Mission Concept

David H. Atkinson , Olivier Mousis (1) , Thomas R. Spilker (2) , Ethiraj Venkatapathy , Athena Coustenis (3) , Mark Hofstadter , Jean-Pierre Lebreton (4) , Kim Reh (2) , Amy A. Simon

1 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
2 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
3 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
4 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace

The proposed Hera mission comprises an atmospheric entry probe built by the European Space Agency with contributions from NASA, to be released into the atmosphere of Saturn by a companion solar-powered Saturn Carrier-Relay spacecraft (CRSC) possibly provided by NASA. Hera would measure the atmospheric composition, most notably noble gases and key isotopes not accessible by remote sensing, as well as the thermal and dynamical structure of Saturn's atmosphere at the probe descent location.

Domaines: Planète et Univers [physics]

David H. Atkinson, Olivier Mousis, Thomas R. Spilker, Ethiraj Venkatapathy, Athena Coustenis, et al.. The Hera Saturn Entry Probe Mission Concept. European Planetary Science Congress 2018, Sep 2018, Berlin, Germany. ⟨hal-02358246⟩