Flyby of Io with Repeat Encounters
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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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Names | FIRE |
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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 |
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