The Mars Phoenix Lander launched on August 4, 2007 and successfully landed on Mars 10 months later on May 25, 2008. Landing ellipse predicts and hazard maps were key in selecting safe surface targets for Phoenix. Hazard maps were based on terrain slopes, geomorphology maps and automated rock counts of MRO's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) images. The expected landing dispersion which led to the selection of Phoenix's surface target is discussed as well as the actual landing dispersion predicts determined during operations in the weeks, days, and hours before landing. A statistical assessment of these dispersions is performed, comparing the actual landing-safety probabilities to criteria levied by the project. Also discussed are applications for this statistical analysis which were used by the Phoenix project. These include using the statistical analysis used to verify the effectiveness of a pre-planned maneuver menu and calculating the probability of future maneuvers.


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    Titel :

    Landing Site Dispersion Analysis and Statistical Assessment for the Mars Phoenix Lander


    Beteiligte:
    Bonfiglio, Eugene P. (Autor:in) / Adams, Douglas (Autor:in) / Craig, Lynn (Autor:in) / Spencer, David A. (Autor:in) / Strauss, William (Autor:in) / Seelos, Frank P. (Autor:in) / Seelos, Kimberly D. (Autor:in) / Arvidson, Ray (Autor:in) / Heet, Tabatha (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2008 ; Honolulu, HI, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2008-08-18


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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