A NASA Mars technology project is described that is building a prototype embedded real time Mars approach navigation capability which can be hosted on the Mars Network's Electra transceiver. The paper motivates the reason for doing real time Mars approach navigation via a set of analyses demonstrating its utility for enabling Mars pin-point landing (< 1-km landing error). The development approach, software design, and test results are discussed. Finally, the way forward towards a flight demonstration on the Mars Science Laboratory is presented.
Real Time Mars Approach Navigation Aided by the Mars Network
AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference ; 2006 ; Keystone, CO, United States
2006-01-01
Preprint
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Englisch
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