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Pioneer Outer Planets Orbiter

The topics addressed are: (1) summary of design requirements; (2) spacecraft system design; (3) subsystem design; (4) spacecraft performance; (5) mission performance of the Jupiter orbiter; and (6) mission performance of the Saturn orbiter. The results presented in this report show that the baseline Pioneer F/G spacecraft design can be readily adapted, with some modifications, to the requirements of Jupiter and Saturn orbit missions. The spacecraft would be launched by the Titan 3 E/Centaur/TE 364-4, which presents a launch environment and interfaces comparable to the Atlas/Centaur/TE 364-4 that was used for the Pioneer 10 and 11 Jupiter flyby missions, except for providing a larger (14-foot) standard payload fairing.

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