#interstellar probe

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Very rough concept design for Interstellar Probe gijinka. Apparently NASA wants them to rival Parker Solar Probe’s top speed, and a lot of their instruments are in heritage of PSP… my lovely Voyager on steroids

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British Interplanetary Society: Project Daedalus

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Interstellar Communications: The Pointing Problem

So spacecraft orientation in the Solar System triggered my recent interest in the problem of laser pointing beyond the heliosphere, which is acute for long-haul spacecraft like Interstellar Probe, a concept we’ve recently examined. Because unlike radio methods, laser communications involve an extremely tight, focused beam. Get far enough from the Sun and that beam will have to be exquisitely precise in its placement.

So let’s take a quick look at Europa Clipper’s methods for orienting itself in space, and Voyager’s as well, and then move on to how Interstellar Probe intends to get its signal back to Earth.

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Concept for Interstellar Probe: To the limit of the solar system in 15 years

Concept for Interstellar Probe: To the limit of the solar system in 15 years

Under the direction of the Applied Physics Lab (APL) at Johns Hopkins University, the concept phase for a possible interstellar space mission is entering the crucial year. Research director Elena Provornikova presented the current status of the “Interstellar Probe” to the European Geosciences Union and explained which experiments the probe could carry out. Thanks to new and more powerful rockets,…

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