The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), launched on August 12, 2005, carries six science instruments, each with unique requirements for repetitive global monitoring, regional or global survey mapping, and/or targeted observations of Mars. Some prefer nadir-only observations, while other instruments require many off-nadir observations (especially for stereo viewing). Because the operations requirements are often incompatible, an interactive science planning process has been developed. This process is more complex than in some recent NASA Mars missions, but less complex (and more repetitive) than processes used by many large planetary missions. It takes full advantage of MRO's novel onboard processing capabilities, and uses simple electronic interactions between geographically distributed teams. This paper describes the process used during MRO's Primary Science Phase (PSP) to plan both interactive and non-interactive observations of Mars, and what has already been learned in the tests and rehearsals preparing for PSP.


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    Title :

    Science Planning for the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission



    Conference:

    AIAA 9th International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps ; 2006 ; Rome, Italy


    Publication date :

    2006-06-19


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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