Almost two years after the landing of Rosetta’s Philae on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the triggered enthusiasm for small planetary bodies has not stagnated. Moreover, the interest has spread from mostly scientific enlargement of knowledge to a beginning curiosity about the exploitation of resources and their usage in space. Within this context, this paper is focusing on the design of the multiple asteroid orbiter Titius-Bode. Titius-Bode consist of an orbiter Titius and a lander Bode which aims for the characterization, resource determination and internal composition of a sequence of asteroids in the main belt. The mission objectives and spacecraft systems are described in detail, taking into account the constraints of the overall mission goal and concept. The mass and power budget for both lander and orbiter are listed as final result. The overall spacecraft design can be used for asteroid mining prospection as well as for purely scientific missions.    «

Almost two years after the landing of Rosetta’s Philae on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the triggered enthusiasm for small planetary bodies has not stagnated. Moreover, the interest has spread from mostly scientific enlargement of knowledge to a beginning curiosity about the exploitation of resources and their usage in space. Within this context, this paper is focusing on the design of the multiple asteroid orbiter Titius-Bode. Titius-Bode consist of an orbiter Titius and a lander Bo...    »