Autonomous on-board navigation has the potential to enable new types of missions and decrease reliance on NASA’s Deep Space Network for navigation purposes. Previous results have shown that navigating with only optical images of asteroids is feasible for inner planet cruise. In this study, we show that images of natural satellites can be used to navigate during approach and tour phases around the gas giants. We investigate the Jupiter and Saturn systems here, and specifically assess the performance of optical-only navigation for the Juno, Europa Clipper, and Cassini trajectories. Early approach phases and tours at Jupiter would require radiometric data to navigate, but the performance of optical-only data rivals the as-flown performance for Cassini at Saturn.
Navigation accuracy at Jupiter and Saturn using optical observations of planetary satellites
13.01.2019
Preprint
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Englisch
Navigation accuracy analysis for the Mariner-Jupiter-Saturn 1977 mission
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