Global InformationFlyby of Io with Repeat Encounters information
| Names | FIRE |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Reconnaissance |
| Operator | NASA/JPL |
| Mission duration | cruise: 6 years science phase: 4 months (proposed)[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2024 (proposed) |
| Rocket | Atlas V |
| Flyby of Io | |
| Closest approach | 2030 (proposed) |
| Distance | 100 km from Io |
| Orbits | ≥10 Io flybys |
FIRE (Flyby of Io with Repeat Encounters) is a concept mission to Jupiter's innermost major moon Io. The mission was first presented in 2012[2] for a possible future consideration by NASA's New Frontiers program.[3]
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FIRE 2013was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Flyby of Io with Repeat Encounters (FIRE): Designing a New Frontiers mission to study the most volcanic body in the solar system. Padovan, S.; Cable, M. L.; Cumbers, J.; Gentry, D.; Harrison, T. N.; Naidu, S.; Parker, C. W.; Potter, R.; Reimuller, J.; Shkolyar, S.; Suer, T. K.; Szalay, J.; Trammell, H. J.; Walker, C. C.; Whitten, J. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012, abstract #P51A-2014.
- ^ Flyby of Io with Repeat Encounters: A conceptual design for a New Frontiers mission to Io. Terry-Ann Suer, Sebastiano Padovan, Jennifer L. Whitten, Ross W.K. Potter, Svetlana Shkolyar, Morgan Cable, Catherine Walker, Jamey Szalay, Charles Parker, John Cumbers, Diana Gentry, Tanya Harrison, Shantanu Naidu, Harold J. Trammell, Jason Reimuller, Charles J. Budney, Leslie L. Lowes. Advances in Space Research, Volume 60, Issue 5, 1 September 2017, Pages 1080–1100