Key navigation issues and capabilities relating to the Voyager 2 Uranus/Neptune mission are presented. Predicted navigation performance at each encounter body (Uranus, Neptune, and Triton) is examined relative to mission navigation requirements and science return capabilities. Orbit determination accuracies are presented for several radio data types and for combinations of radio data with two optical data types. Maneuver strategies designed to accommodate the orbit determination results and satisfy mission navigation requirements are examined. Possible alternate aimpoints and contingency strategies are developed for situations of unexpected loss of propellant or optical navigation capability.
Voyager 2 navigation to Uranus and Neptune
Astrodynamics Conference ; 1982 ; San Diego, CA
1982-08-01
Conference paper
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English
Voyager 2 navigation to Uranus and Neptune
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