Oceanus (Titan orbiter)
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This article is about the Titan orbiter. For the Uranus orbiter, see Oceanus (Uranus orbiter).
Oceanus is a NASA/JPL orbiter mission concept proposed in 2017 for the New Frontiers mission #4, but it was not selected for development. If selected at some future opportunity, Oceanus would travel to Saturn's moon Titan to assess its habitability.[1] Studying Titan would help understand the early Earth and exoplanets which orbit other stars. The mission is named after Oceanus, the Greek god of oceans.
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Overview | |
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Mission type | Titan orbiter |
Operator | NASA |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin |
Solar array manufacturer | Orbital ATK |
Mission management | NASA / JPL |
Start of mission | |
Expected flight time | 10 years |
Science operations | 4 years |
Instruments | |
Mass Spectrometer | |
Infrared Camera | |
Radar Altimeter | |
Radio Science | |
New Frontiers Program |
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