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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Navigation During the Primary Science PhaseThe Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter began science operations in November 2006, with a suite of seven instruments and investigations, some of which required navigation accuracies much better than previous Mars missions. This paper describes the driving performance requirements levied on Navigation and how well those requirements have been met thus far. Trending analyses that have a direct impact on the Navigation performance, such as atmospheric bias determination, are covered in detail, as well as dynamic models, estimation strategy, tracking data reduction techniques, and residual noise.


Document ID
20150014800
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Highsmith, Dolan
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
You, Tung-Han
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Demcak, Stuart
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Graat, Eric
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Higa, Earl
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Long, Stacia
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bhat, Ram
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Mottinger, Neil
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Halsell, Allen
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Peralta, Fernando
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 3, 2015
Publication Date
August 18, 2008
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Location: Honolulu, HI
Country: United States
Start Date: August 18, 2008
End Date: August 21, 2008
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronautical Society
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
MRO

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