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Filter Strategies for Mars Science Laboratory Orbit DeterminationThe Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft had ambitious navigation delivery and knowledge accuracy requirements for landing inside Gale Crater. Confidence in the orbit determination (OD) solutions was increased by investigating numerous filter strategies for solving the orbit determination problem. We will discuss the strategy for the different types of variations: for example, data types, data weights, solar pressure model covariance, and estimating versus considering model parameters. This process generated a set of plausible OD solutions that were compared to the baseline OD strategy. Even implausible or unrealistic results were helpful in isolating sensitivities in the OD solutions to certain model parameterizations or data types.



Document ID
20150007254
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Thompson, Paul F.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Gustafson, Eric D.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kruizinga, Gerhard L.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Martin-Mur, Tomas J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
May 4, 2015
Publication Date
February 10, 2013
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Report/Patent Number
AAS 13-233
Meeting Information
Meeting: AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting
Location: Kauai, HI
Country: United States
Start Date: February 10, 2013
End Date: February 14, 2013
Sponsors: American Astronautical Society, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
orbit determination
navigation

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