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Real Time Mars Approach Navigation Aided by the Mars NetworkA NASA Mars technology project is described that is building a prototype embedded real time Mars approach navigation capability which can be hosted on the Mars Network's Electra transceiver. The paper motivates the reason for doing real time Mars approach navigation via a set of analyses demonstrating its utility for enabling Mars pin-point landing (< 1-km landing error). The development approach, software design, and test results are discussed. Finally, the way forward towards a flight demonstration on the Mars Science Laboratory is presented.
Document ID
20060051690
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/39788
Authors
Ely, Todd A. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Duncan, Courtney (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lightsey, E. Glenn (Texas Univ. Austin, TX, United States)
Mogensen, Andreas (Texas Univ. Austin, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2006
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation And Astrionics
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference
Location: Keystone, CO
Country: United States
Start Date: August 21, 2006
End Date: August 24, 2006
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
embedded software
Electra
Mars Network
approach navigation

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