Scaling the V&V mountain: Proving Juno will succeed at Jupiter

Author

Rocca, J. ; Lord, N. ; Johnson, Mark ; Bone, B.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

2-9 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

14

Abstract

Juno is a NASA New Frontiers mission managed and operated by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), commissioned to explore the origin, interior, atmosphere, and polar magnetosphere of Jupiter. The spacecraft was developed and built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and its nine science instruments were developed by JPL and six national and international partner institutions. Juno launched on August 5th, 2011 starting its 5 year cruise to Jupiter and will enter an ~11 day polar orbit that will allow for science measurements while minimizing radiation. Juno is a spin-stabilized, solar-powered spacecraft with a challenging and complex mission, which included over 7,500 requirements and 900 verification activities to be completed during the integration and test campaign.

Keywords

Jupiter; aerospace propulsion; jet engines; solar powered vehicles; space vehicles; JPL; Juno; Jupiter; NASA jet propulsion laboratory; NASA new frontier mission; international partner institutions; lockheed Martin space system; polar magnetosphere; polar orbit; solar-powered spacecraft; test campaign; Aggregates; Extraterrestrial measurements; Industries; Instruments; Magnetic resonance imaging; NASA; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1812-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2013.6496893

Filename

6496893