Navigation (determining where the spacecraft is at any given time, controlling its path to achieve desired targets), performed using ground-in- the-loop techniques: (1) Data includes 2-way radiometric (Doppler, range), interferometric (Delta- Differential One-way Range), and optical (images of natural bodies taken by onboard camera) (2) Data received on the ground, processed to determine orbit, commands sent to execute maneuvers to control orbit. A self-contained, onboard, autonomous navigation system can: (1) Eliminate delays due to round-trip light time (2) Eliminate the human factors in ground-based processing (3) Reduce turnaround time from navigation update to minutes, down to seconds (4) React to late-breaking data. At JPL, we have developed the framework and computational elements of an autonomous navigation system, called AutoNav. It was originally developed as one of the technologies for the Deep Space 1 mission, launched in 1998; subsequently used on three other spacecraft, for four different missions. The primary use has been on comet missions to track comets during flybys, and impact one comet.


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    Title :

    Autonomous Navigation for Deep Space Missions


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    Conference:

    SpaceOps 2012 ; 2012 ; Stockholm, Sweden


    Publication date :

    2012-06-11


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

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    Language :

    English





    Autonomous Navigation for Deep Space Missions

    Bhaskaran, S. / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2012