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New Optical Navigation Results Using Historical MESSENGER DataThis paper describes new optical navigation (OpNav) results obtained by processing previously collected measurements from the MESSENGER mission to Mercury. This project also serves to mature the tools and capabilities of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in OpNav, using the open source Goddard Image Analysis and Navigation Tool (GIANT). New navigation measurements are obtained during the Mercury flyby and orbital phases, using OpNav measurements generated by GIANT, and these measurements are compared to predictions. The results obtained provide a set of improvements to be made in navigation tools and will pave the way for future missions to navigate near terrestrial bodies using optical measurements.
Document ID
20220014222
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Vaishnavi V. Ramanan
(Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
Michael A Shoemaker
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Andrew J. Liounis
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Date Acquired
September 19, 2022
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Meeting Information
Meeting: 3rd Space Imaging Workshop
Location: Atlanta, GA
Country: US
Start Date: October 10, 2022
End Date: October 12, 2022
Sponsors: Georgia Institute of Technology
Funding Number(s)
WBS: 981698.01.02.51.06.10.18
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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Keywords
Optical Navigation
Terrain Relative Navigation
Surface Feature
Mercury
MESSENGER
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