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Mars 2020 Perseverance trajectory reconstruction and performance from launch through landingThe Mars 2020 (M2020) Mission carrying Perseverance, the most advanced rover ever sent to Mars, successfully launched on an Atlas V 541 (AV-088) launch vehicle from the Eastern Test Range (ETR) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida at 11:50:00 UTC (T-Zero time) on July 30, 2020. After some station reconfiguration, carrier/telemetry were locked at both Deep Space Network (DSN) Canberra and Goldstone stations. Perseverance entered the Martian atmosphere at 20:36:50 Spacecraft Event Time (SCET) UTC, and landed inside Jezero Crater at 20:43:49 SCET UTC on February 18, 2021. Confirmation of nominal landing was received at the DSN Goldstone and Madrid tracking stations via the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at 20:55:11 Earth Received Time (ERT) UTC. This paper summarizes in detail the actual vs. predicted performance in terms of launch vehicle events, launch vehicle injection performance, actual DSN spacecraft lockup,
trajectory correction maneuver performance, Entry, Descent, and Landing events, and overall trajectory and geometric characteristics.
Document ID
20220000775
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Abilleira, Fernando
Kruizinga, Gerard
Aaron, Seth
Angkasa, Kris
Barber, Todd
Brugarolas, Paul
Burkhart, Dan
Chen, Al
Demcak, Stuart
Essmiller, John
Gilbert, John
Gustafson, Eric
Kangas, Julie
Jesick, Mark
McCandless, Sarah Elizabeth
Mohan, Swati
Mottinger, Neil
"O'Farrell, Clara", 'Otero, Richard
Pong, Christopher
Ryne, Mark
Seubert, Jill
Thompson, Paul
Wagner, Sean
Wong, Mau
Date Acquired
August 8, 2021
Publication Date
August 8, 2021
Publication Information
Publisher: Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2021
Distribution Limits
Public
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Technical Review

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