An operational Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis (CARA) concept is the real-time process of assessing risk posed by close approaches and reacting to those risks if necessary. The most effective way to completely mitigate conjunction risk is to perform an avoidance maneuver. The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has implemented a routine CARA process since 2005. Over this period, considerable experience has been gained and many lessons have been learned. This paper identifies and presents these experiences as general concepts in the description of the Conjunction Assessment, Flight Dynamics, and Flight Operations methodologies and processes. These general concepts will be tied together and will be exemplified through a case study of an actual high risk conjunction event for the Aura mission.


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    Title :

    Assessment, Planning, and Execution Considerations for Conjunction Risk Assessment and Mitigation Operations


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SpaceOps 2010 Conference ; 2010 ; Huntsville, AL, United States


    Publication date :

    2010-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





    Assessment, Planning, and Execution Considerations for Conjunction Risk Assessment and Mitigation Operations

    Frigm, R. / Levi, J. / Mantziaras, D. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2010