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Validation of a Low-Thrust Mission Design Tool Using Operational Navigation SoftwareDesign of flight trajectories for missions employing solar electric propulsion requires a suitably high-fidelity design tool. In this work, the Evolutionary Mission Trajectory Generator (EMTG) is presented as a medium-high fidelity design tool that is suitable for mission proposals. EMTG is validated against the high-heritage deep-space navigation tool MIRAGE, demonstrating both the accuracy of EMTG's model and an operational mission design and navigation procedure using both tools. The validation is performed using a benchmark mission to the Jupiter Trojans.
Document ID
20170001479
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Englander, Jacob A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Knittel, Jeremy M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Williams, Ken (KinetX Aerospace, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Stanbridge, Dale (KinetX Aerospace, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Ellison, Donald H. (Illinois Univ. at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, United States)
Date Acquired
February 8, 2017
Publication Date
February 5, 2017
Subject Category
Astrodynamics
Report/Patent Number
AAS 17-204
GSFC-E-DAA-TN38473-1
Report Number: AAS 17-204
Report Number: GSFC-E-DAA-TN38473-1
Meeting Information
Meeting: AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
Location: San Antonio, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: February 5, 2017
End Date: February 9, 2017
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronautical Society
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX14AD27G
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNM16AA08C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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