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Tandem architecture(If you want more details, follow this link)
Once the initial orbiter phase is completed, the orbiter's orbit will be circularized to prepare its support of the Titan probes which will arrive on the 2nd carrier vehicle shortly afterwards. Titan's balloon and probes will separate from their carrier and enter Titan's atmosphere using aerocapture. By using RTGs for both its heat and electric source of energy, the balloon can stay aloft for months if not years in Titan's atmosphere. It will sample Titan's lower atmosphere and surface close up using both remote sensing and in situ techniques. The aerial probe could deliver surface probes, or Huygens equivalent probes could be provided. At the end of mission the aerial probe could land at a prime target location. For an extended mission the Titan orbiter could be used as a platform to monitor the Saturn system remotely from its close up position for an extended period of time.
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