The Solstice Mission is the final extension of the Cassini spacecraft s tour of Saturn and its moons. To accommodate an end-of-mission in 2017, the maneuver decision process has been refined. For example, the Cassini Project now prioritizes saving propellant over minimizing maneuver cycles. This paper highlights 30 maneuvers planned from June 2012 through July 2013, targeted to nine Titan flybys and the final Rhea encounter in the mission. Of these maneuvers, 90% were performed to maintain the prescribed trajectory and preserve downstream delta V. Recent operational changes to maneuver executions based on execution-error modeling and analysis are also discussed.


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    Titel :

    Cassini Solstice Mission Maneuver Experience: Year Three


    Beteiligte:
    Wagner, Sean V. (Autor:in) / Arrieta, Juan (Autor:in) / Hahn, Yungsun (Autor:in) / Stumpf, Paul W. (Autor:in) / Valerino, Powtawche N. (Autor:in) / Wong, Mau C. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    2013 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2013 ; Hilton Head, SC, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2013-08-11


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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