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Mission Phase Description Event start Event end<br />

Launch and<br />

LEO Operations<br />

Check-out<br />

Crew transfer<br />

Crew training<br />

Trans-Mars<br />

Injection<br />

Earth-Mars<br />

cruise<br />

Assembly takes<br />

place in orbit at<br />

400 km altitude<br />

Check out of the<br />

assembled vehicle<br />

by the<br />

commissioning<br />

crew (3) before<br />

final crew transfer<br />

TV's attitude such<br />

that solar arrays<br />

are always<br />

illuminated<br />

1st Launch<br />

Arrival of<br />

commissioning<br />

crew<br />

Final crew<br />

launch into orbit<br />

Final crew<br />

boarding<br />

Orbit insertion<br />

manoeuvre<br />

Transfer to Mars<br />

Orbit<br />

Acquisition<br />

All elements<br />

assembled and<br />

ready<br />

Return to Earth<br />

of<br />

commissioning<br />

crew<br />

Final crew<br />

boarding<br />

Orbit insertion<br />

manoeuvre<br />

Transfer to Mars<br />

Orbit<br />

Acquisition<br />

Entry into Mars<br />

sphere of<br />

influence<br />

Duration<br />

(days)<br />

About<br />

1600<br />

20 - 90<br />

Tasks performed<br />

Modules involved<br />

TV MEV ERC<br />

Assembly in LEO X X X<br />

Checking of all the<br />

subsystems<br />

X X X<br />

HMM<br />

Assessment Study<br />

Report: CDF-20(A)<br />

February 2004<br />

page 71 of 422<br />

Assumptions<br />

3 X X X MEV, ERC hibernating<br />

30<br />

Less than<br />

2<br />

207<br />

Training on all<br />

subsystems, Exercise /<br />

Centrifuge,<br />

Communications,<br />

Maintenance &<br />

housekeeping<br />

Stowage of the solar<br />

arrays<br />

TMI Burn<br />

Deployment of solar<br />

arrays, Science Exp /<br />

Observation,<br />

Maintenance &<br />

housekeeping,<br />

Communications,<br />

Exercise / Centrifuge<br />

(about 2 hr/day),<br />

Navigation: Mid course<br />

corrections /<br />

manoeuvres<br />

X X X<br />

X X X<br />

X X X<br />

TMI burn split into three stages,<br />

discarded after its use<br />

MEV, ERC hibernating<br />

MEV, ERC hibernating

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