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&sq=starlink&lang=en&file=File:Dragonfly_Concept_Art_2024.webp) Spacecraft concept illustration | |
| Mission type | Rotorcraft on Titan |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA |
| Website | dragonfly |
| Mission duration | 10 years (planned)[1] Science phase: 3.3 years[2] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Rotorcraft lander |
| Manufacturer | Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Landing mass | ≈450 kg (990 lb)[3] |
| Power | 70 watts (desired)[3] from an MMRTG |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | July 2028 (planned)[4] |
| Rocket | TBA |
| Titan aircraft | |
| Landing date | 2034[2] |
| Landing site | Shangri-La dune fields[5] |
| Distance flown | 8 km (5.0 mi) per flight (planned)[5] |
| Instruments | |
| Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (DraMS) Dragonfly Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer (DraGNS) Dragonfly Geophysics and Meteorology Package (DraGMet) | |
&sq=starlink&lang=en&file=File:Dragonfly_Mission_Insignia.png) Dragonfly Mission Insignia | |
Dragonfly is a planned NASA mission to send a robotic rotorcraft to the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. It is planned to be launched in July 2028 and arrive in 2034. It would be the first aircraft on Titan and is intended to make the first powered and fully controlled atmospheric flight on any moon, with the intention of studying prebiotic chemistry and extraterrestrial habitability. It would then use its vertical takeoffs and landings (VTOL) capability to move between exploration sites.[6][7][8]
Titan is unique in having an abundant, complex, and diverse carbon-rich chemistry and a surface dominated by water and ice, with an interior water ocean, making it a high-priority target for astrobiology and origin of life studies.[6] The mission was proposed in April 2017 to NASA's New Frontiers program by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), and was selected as one of two finalists (out of twelve proposals) in December 2017 to further refine the mission's concept.[9][10] On 27 June 2019, Dragonfly was selected to become the fourth mission in the New Frontiers program.[11][12] In April 2024 the mission was confirmed and moved to its final development stages.[13]
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- ^ a b "OPAG August 2021" (PDF). Zibi Turtle, Dragonfly PI, JHUAPL. 31 August 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
APL draftwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Foust, Jeff (28 November 2023). "NASA postpones Dragonfly review, launch date". SpaceNews.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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- ^ a b Dragonfly: Exploring Titan's Prebiotic Organic Chemistry and Habitability E. P. Turtle, J. W. Barnes, M. G. Trainer, R. D. Lorenz, S. M. MacKenzie, K. E. Hibbard, D. Adams, P. Bedini, J. W. Langelaan, K. Zacny, and the Dragonfly Team Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2017
- ^ "Dragonfly: Titan Rotorcraft Lander". The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ Redd, Nola Taylor (25 April 2017). ""Dragonfly" Drone Could Explore Saturn Moon Titan". Space.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ Brown, Dwayne; Cantillo, Laurie, eds. (20 December 2017). "NASA Invests in Concept Development for Missions to Comet, Saturn Moon Titan" (Press release). NASA. 17-101. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Dragonfly And CAESAR: NASA Greenlights Concepts For Missions To Titan And Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko". Science 2.0. 20 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ Bridenstine, Jim [@JimBridenstine] (27 June 2019). "BIG NEWS: The next @NASASolarSystem mission is… #Dragonfly – a rotorcraft lander mission to Saturn's largest moon Titan. This ocean world is the only moon in our solar system with a dense atmosphere & we're so excited to see what Dragonfly discovers" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019 – via Twitter. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Brown, David W. (27 June 2019). "NASA Announces New Dragonfly Drone Mission to Explore Titan – The quadcopter was selected to study the moon of Saturn after a "Shark Tank"-like competition that lasted two and a half years". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "NASA's Dragonfly Rotorcraft Mission to Saturn's Moon Titan Confirmed - NASA Science". science.nasa.gov. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
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