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ROUTE-M Mars Imaging Mission

A Mars imaging mission concept -> orbit design, payload selection, and systems architecture developed through a full mission-design lifecycle.

Engineering design process

  1. PH-01Science objectives → measurement requirements flow-down
  2. PH-02Orbit trade study for coverage, revisit, and lighting
  3. PH-03Payload and bus architecture selection
  4. PH-04Mass, power, and link budgets
  5. PH-05Review package assembly (SRR → PDR)

Challenges

  • Balancing imaging resolution against data-downlink constraints
  • Closing the power budget across eclipse seasons

Lessons learned

  • Budgets (mass, power, link) drive architecture more than any single subsystem
  • Traceability makes design reviews defensible

Digital artifacts

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