Global InformationAVIATR information
 Artist's rendering of the AVIATR airplane flying over the surface of Titan. | |
| Mission type | Titan airplane |
|---|---|
| Operator | originally directed towards NASA Discovery program |
| Mission duration | 1 year flying over Titan surface[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Power | 254 W Total (2 x 128 W ASRG)[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2020 (proposed)[2] |
| Rocket | Atlas V 521[1] |
AVIATR (Aerial Vehicle for In situ and Airborne Titan Reconnaissance) was a proposed airplane mission concept to Titan, a moon of Saturn. The concept was developed in 2011 by a team of scientists led by Jason W. Barnes at the University of Idaho.[1][2] Compared to Earth, Titan has about one-seventh the gravity but four times the atmospheric density.[3] These conditions make it easier to fly there.[3]
- ^ a b c d Barnes; et al. (March 2012). "AVIATR – Aerial Vehicle for In-situ and Airborne Titan Reconnaissance". Experimental Astronomy. 33 (1): 55–127. Bibcode:2012ExA....33...55B. doi:10.1007/s10686-011-9275-9.
- ^ a b Ortiz, Lillian (2 January 2012). "AVIATR: An Airplane Mission for Titan". Universe Today. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ a b Proposed AVIATR Project Captures the Scientific Imagination, University of Idaho, 2011