The Deep Impact Flyby spacecraft completed its prime mission in August 2005. It was reactivated for a mission of opportunity add-on called EPOXI on September 25, 2007. The first portion of EPOXI, called EPOCh (Extra-solar Planetary Observation & CHaracterization), occurred from January 21, 2008 through August 31, 2008. Its purpose was to characterize transiting hot-Jupiters by measuring the effects the planet has on the luminosity of its parent star. These observations entailed using the spacecraft in ways it was never intended. A new green-light, success-oriented operational strategy was devised that entailed high amounts of automation and minimal intervention from the ground. The specifics, techniques, and key challenges to obtaining the 172,209 usable science images from EPOCh are discussed in detail.


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    Title :

    The Contingency of Success: Operations for Deep Impact's Planet Hunt


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    2009 IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2009 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Publication date :

    2009-03-07


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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