--- jupytext: text_representation: extension: .md format_name: myst format_version: 0.13 jupytext_version: 1.14.4 kernelspec: display_name: Python 3 (ipykernel) language: python name: python3 --- # Going to Jupiter with Python using Jupyter and boinor Let us recreate with real data the [Juno NASSA Mission](https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/juno/overview/). The main objectives of Juno spacecraft is to study the Jupiter planet: how was its formation, its evolution along time, atmospheric characteristics... ![Juno Image](juno_spacecraft.png) First of all, let us import some of our favourite Python packages: numpy, astropy and boinor! ```{code-cell} ipython3 from astropy import units as u from astropy.time import Time from astropy.coordinates import solar_system_ephemeris solar_system_ephemeris.set("jpl") import numpy as np from boinor.bodies import Sun, Earth, Jupiter from boinor.ephem import Ephem from boinor.frames import Planes from boinor.maneuver import Maneuver from boinor.plotting import OrbitPlotter from boinor.twobody import Orbit from boinor.util import norm, time_range ``` All the data for Juno's mission is sorted [here](https://github.com/boinor/boinor/wiki/EuroPython:-Per-Python-ad-Astra). The main maneuvers that the spacecraft will perform are listed down: * Inner cruise phase 1: This will set Juno in a new orbit around the sun. * Inner cruise phase 2: Fly-by around Earth. Gravity assist is performed. * Inner cruise phase 3: Jupiter insertion maneuver. Let us first define the main dates and other relevant parameters of the mission: ```{code-cell} ipython3 ## Main dates date_launch = Time("2011-08-05 16:25", scale="utc").tdb date_flyby = Time("2013-10-09 19:21", scale="utc").tdb date_arrival = Time("2016-07-05 03:18", scale="utc").tdb # Atlas V supplied a launch energy C_3 = 31.1 * u.km**2 / u.s**2 ``` With previous dates we can create the different orbits that define the position of the Earth along the mission: ```{code-cell} ipython3 # Plot initial Earth's position Earth.plot(date_launch, label="Initial Earth's position") ``` Since both Earth states have been obtained (initial and flyby) we can now solve for Juno's maneuvers. The first one sets Juno into an elliptical orbit around the Sun so that it applies a gravity assist around the Earth: ```{code-cell} ipython3 earth = Ephem.from_body( Earth, time_range(date_launch, end=date_arrival, num_values=500) ) r_e0, v_e0 = earth.rv(date_launch) ``` ```{code-cell} ipython3 # Assume that the insertion velocity is tangential to that of the Earth dv = C_3**0.5 * v_e0 / norm(v_e0) # We create the maneuver from impulse constructor man = Maneuver.impulse(dv) ``` If we now apply the previous maneuver to the Junos's initial orbit (assume it is the Earth's one for simplicity), we will obtain the orbit around the Sun for Juno. The first inner cruise maneuver is defined just till the ahelion orbit. While Juno is traveling around its new orbit, Earth is also moving. After Juno reaches the aphelion it will be necessary to apply a second maneuver so the flyby is performed around Earth. Once that is achieved a final maneuver will be made in order to benefit from the gravity assist. Let us first propagate Juno's orbit till the aphelion: ```{code-cell} ipython3 orb_e0 = Orbit.from_ephem(Sun, earth, date_launch) orb_efly = Orbit.from_ephem(Sun, earth, date_flyby) # Inner Cruise 1 ic1 = orb_e0.apply_maneuver(man) ic1_end = ic1.propagate_to_anomaly(180.0 * u.deg) # We can check new bodies positions plotter = OrbitPlotter() plotter.plot_body_orbit(Earth, ic1_end.epoch, label="Earth at end of flyby") plotter.plot_maneuver(orb_e0, man, color="C1", label="Initial impulse") plotter.plot_trajectory( ic1.sample(max_anomaly=180 * u.deg), label="Inner cruise 1", color="C1", ) ``` We can check that the period of the orbit is similar to the one stated in the mission's documentation. Remember that in the previous plot we only plotter half of the orbit for Juno's first maneuver and the period is the time that would take Juno to complete one full revolution around this new orbit. ```{code-cell} ipython3 ic1.period.to(u.day) ``` Notice that in the previous plot that Earth's position is not the initial one since while Juno is moving Earth also does. We now solve for the Lambert maneuver in order to perform a flyby around the earth when it is at flyby date: ```{code-cell} ipython3 # Let's compute the Lambert solution to do the flyby of the Earth man_flyby = Maneuver.lambert(ic1_end, orb_efly) imp_a, imp_b = man_flyby.impulses print("Initial impulse:", imp_a) print("Final impulse:", imp_b) ``` ```{code-cell} ipython3 # Check the initial delta-V dv_a = imp_a[-1] norm(dv_a.to(u.km / u.s)) ``` We can now solve for the flyby orbit that will help Juno with the gravity assist. Again, the inner phase 2 maneuver is defined till Juno reaches Earth's position for the flyby date although the full orbit is plotted: ```{code-cell} ipython3 # Let us apply the maneuver ic2, orb_flyby = ic1_end.apply_maneuver(man_flyby, intermediate=True) # We propagate the transfer orbit till the flyby occurs ic2_end = ic2.propagate(date_flyby) plotter = OrbitPlotter() plotter.plot_body_orbit( Earth, orb_efly.epoch, label="Earth's position at flyby", trail=True, ) plotter.plot_maneuver(orb_e0, man, color="C1", label="Initial impulse") plotter.plot_trajectory( ic1.sample(max_anomaly=180 * u.deg), label="Inner cruise 1", color="C1" ) plotter.plot_maneuver( ic1_end, man_flyby, label="Inner cruise 2 maneuver", color="C2", ) ``` We can now start solving for the maneuver that will take Juno to Jupiter. Another Lambert maneuver is required but first let us solve for Jupiter position on arrival: ```{code-cell} ipython3 # And now, go to Jupiter! jupiter = Ephem.from_body(Jupiter, time_range(date_launch, end=date_arrival)) orb_j = Orbit.from_ephem(Sun, jupiter, date_arrival) ``` ```{code-cell} ipython3 # Solving for maneuver to Jupiter man_jupiter = Maneuver.lambert(ic2_end, orb_j) imp_a, imp_b = man_jupiter.impulses print("Initial impulse:", imp_a) print("Final impulse:", imp_b) ``` Again, we apply the maneuver: ```{code-cell} ipython3 # Apply the maneuver ic3, orb_target = ic2_end.apply_maneuver(man_jupiter, intermediate=True) ic3_end = ic3.propagate(date_arrival) ``` Finally, we can plot all the different phases of the mission. This shows the whole power of the *boinor* package, since a beautiful image is created showing the whole maneuvering process: ```{code-cell} ipython3 :tags: [nbsphinx-thumbnail] # Final plot for the whole mission plotter = OrbitPlotter() plotter.plot_body_orbit( Earth, date_flyby, label="Earth's position at flyby", trail=True, ) plotter.plot_maneuver(orb_e0, man, color="C1", label="Initial impulse") plotter.plot_trajectory( ic1.sample(max_anomaly=180 * u.deg), label="Inner cruise 1", color="C1" ) plotter.plot_maneuver( ic1_end, man_flyby, label="Inner cruise 2", color="C2", ) plotter.plot_maneuver( ic2_end, man_jupiter, label="Inner cruise 3", color="C3", ) plotter.plot_body_orbit( Jupiter, date_arrival, label="Jupiter's position at arrival", trail=True ) ```