Pinpoint landing (defined for the purpose of this discussion as landing within 1km of a preselected target) is a key Advanced Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) technology for future Mars landers. Key scientific goals for Mars exploration, such as the search for water and characterization of aqueous process on Mars, the study of mineralogy and weathering of the Martian surface and the search for preserved biosignatures in Martian rocks, requires placing landers at pre-defined locations of greatest scientific interest. The capability to land within 1 km of a pre-defined landing site will improve safety and enable landing within roving range of sites of scientific interest while avoiding hazardous areas. A critical component of the closed-loop guidance, navigation and control (GN&C) system required for pinpoint landing is position and velocity estimation in real time. Spacecraft-to-spacecraft navigation will take advantage of the UHF link between two spacecraft (i.e. to an orbiter from an approaching lander for EDL telemetry relay) to build radiometric data, specifically the velocity between the two spacecraft along the radio beam, that are processed to determine position and velocity in real time. The improved onboard state knowledge provided by spacecraft-to-spacecraft navigation will reduce the landed position error and improve the performance of entry guidance. Results from the first of two years planned for this effort are documented here, including selection and documentation of prototype algorithms that will go forward into flight code along with analysis results used to define the algorithm set.


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    Titel :

    Expected EDL navigation performance with spacecraft to spacecraft data


    Beteiligte:
    Burkhart, P. Daniel (Autor:in) / Ely, Todd (Autor:in) / Duncan, Courtney (Autor:in) / Lightsey, Glenn (Autor:in) / Campbell, Todd (Autor:in) / Mogensen, Andy (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference ; 2005 ; San Francisco, CA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005-08-15


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Expected EDL navigation performance with spacecraft to spacecraft radiometric data

    Burkhart, P. Daniel / Ely, Todd / Duncan, Courtney et al. | NTRS | 2005


    Expected EDL Navigation Performance with Spacecraft to Spacecraft Radiometric Data

    Burkhart, P / Ely, Todd / Duncan, Courtney et al. | AIAA | 2005


    Spacecraft navigation

    Vorob'Ev, L.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1966


    Real-Time EDL Navigation Performance Using Spacecraft to Spacecraft Radiometric Data

    Burkhart, P. Daniel / Ely, Todd / Duncan, Courtney et al. | NTRS | 2006


    Spacecraft Navigation

    L. M. Vorobev | NTIS | 1966