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Enabling Pinpoint Landing on MarsThis slide presentation reviews the entry, descent and landing (EDL) of a pinpoint landing (PPL) on Mars. These PPL missions will be required to deliver about 1000 kg of useful payload to the surface of Mars, therefore soft landings are of primary interest. The landing sites will be in a mid to to high latitude with possible sites about 2.5 km above the martian mean surface altitude. The applicable EDL is described and reviewed in phases. The evaluation approach is reviewed and the requirements for an accurate landing are reviewed. The descent of the unguided aeroshell entry phase dispersion due to trajectory and ballistic coefficient variations are shown in charts. These charts view the dispersions from three entries, Entry from orbit, and two types of direct entry. There is discussion of the differences in steerable subsonic parachute control vs dispersions, and the propulsive phase delta velocity vs dispersions. Data is presented for the three trajectory phases (i.e., Aeroshell, supersonic and subsonic chute) for Direct entry and low orbit entry. The results of the analysis is presented, including possibilities for mitigation of dispersions. The analysis of the navigation error is summarized, and the trajectory biasing for martian winds is assessed.
Document ID
20090023139
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Hattis, Phil
(Draper (Charles Stark) Lab., Inc. Cambridge, MA, United States)
George, Sean
(Draper (Charles Stark) Lab., Inc. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Wolf, Aron A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
May 24, 2005
Subject Category
Astrodynamics
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Conference
Location: Munich
Country: Germany
Start Date: May 24, 2005
End Date: May 26, 2005
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
aerodynamic
decelerator
steerable
pinpoint landing
Mars

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