the SMTL mission is a Planned mission to Saturn's Moons Pan, Enceladus, Titan, for each Moon 1 probe will be assigned to land on its surface, a small probe like Huygens will be sent to titan, a small italian probe named orizzonte-1 will be sent to Enceladus (orizzonte-1 meaning Horizon-1) the probe sent to Pan will be an american payload called PanXplorer, The mission is planned to take place over the course of 10 years.

Basic Mission stats:

Departure Pad: Pad 39A
Arrival: Saturn's Moon Titan
Mission Objectives:
1# Launch to Saturn and Complete a close flyby of Saturn,
2# Swing pass Saturn and fly towards Titan
3# Enter Titan Orbit and deploy Lander payload
4# Exit Titans orbit and complete a Second Saturn flyby
5# Swing towards Enceladus and Deploy lander payload on crash trajectory
6# quickly perform an orbit burn and leave Enceladus
7# control the lander to the surface.
8# Swing by saturn and fly to Pan
9# enter Pan Orbit and deploy lander payload
10# Control PanXplorer and slowly start a descent to the surface
11# Fly The SMTL probe into Low Saturn Orbit
12# Conduct Science with all lander payloads and send Data back to earth
13# SMTL Burns Up In Saturn Atmosphere


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