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Champollion (spacecraft)

February 19, 2023

For other uses, see Champollion (disambiguation).

Champollion was a planned cometary rendezvous and landing spacecraft. It was named after Jean-François Champollion, a French Egyptologist known for translating the Rosetta Stone.

Champollion (single spacecraft concept)

Rosetta surface science package

As originally envisaged, the joint NASA/CNES Champollion was to be one of two surface science packages for the Rosetta mission to comet Wirtanen, alongside the German-led RoLand. Champollion was to provide for return of cometary samples to Earth.

This part of the Rosetta mission was withdrawn in late 1996 due to lack of funding from JPL.

Deep Space 4 / Space Technology 4

 
Champollion (original concept)

Champollion was revived under NASA's New Millennium Program as Deep Space 4 / Space Technology 4, again as a joint project of NASA and CNES. In this version, Champollion would be a stand-alone project consisting of an orbiter and a lander, with the focus shifted somewhat to engineering validation of new technologies rather than pure science.

As of March 1999,[1] the baseline mission was to launch in April 2003, reaching comet Tempel 1 in 2006. The sample return element of the mission was at this point contingent on sufficient funding/resources, possibly being replaced with a demonstration of related capabilities.

The lander was approximately 1.5m high weighing 160 kg; it was to autonomously navigate to the comet from 50 km altitude and anchor itself with a spike. The planned payload included:

The orbiter was to carry cameras and a dust monitor.

Later in 1999, Space Technology 4 was scaled back to a single spacecraft[2] with no sample return; it was cancelled entirely on July 1, 1999, due to budgetary constraints.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Weissman, P.R.; Smythe, W.D.; Muirhead, B.K.; Tan-Wang, G.H.; Sabahi, D.; Grimes, J.M. (March 1999). "The Deep Space 4/Champollion Comet Rendezvous and Lander Technology Demonstration Mission". Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Houston, TX: 30th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15–29, 1999: 1142. Bibcode:1999LPI....30.1142W.
  2. ^ Watson, John G. (30 April 1999). "Fast Response Keeps Champollion On Track". JPL Universe.
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 2004-12-09. Retrieved 2004-11-24.

External links

  •   Media related to Champollion (spacecraft) at Wikimedia Commons

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