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Navigation system design for a Halley Flyby/Tempel 2 Rendezvous mission using ion driveA dual comet (Hall Flyby/Tempel 2 Rendezvous) mission, making use of the solar electric propulsion system, is under consideration for a 1985 launch. This paper describes the preliminary navigation system design for this mission. Orbit determination and guidance strategies for each mission phase are discussed. Navigation accuracy analyses and parametric senstivity studies for the Tempel 2 rendezvous approach phase are presented.
Document ID
19790063193
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Wood, L. J. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Hast, S. L. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Navigation Systems Section, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1979
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Report/Patent Number
AAS PAPER 79-110
Meeting Information
Meeting: American Astronautical Society and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Location: Provincetown, MA
Start Date: June 25, 1979
End Date: June 27, 1979
Sponsors: American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Accession Number
79A47206
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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