Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) will support NASA's InSight Mission and ESA's ExoMars Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) in the fall of 2016 when both landers arrive at Mars. MRO provided relay support during the Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) sequences of Mars Phoenix Lander in 2008 and the Mars Science Laboratory in 2012. Unlike these missions, MRO will coordinate between two EDL events separated by only three weeks: InSight on September 28, 2016 and EDM on October 19, 2016. This paper describes MRO Navigation's maneuver strategy to move MRO's ascending node to meet the In- Sight EDL phasing requirement and support EDM.


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    Title :

    Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Navigation Strategy for Dual Support of Insight and ExoMars Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module in 2016


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    Conference:

    AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2015 ; Vail, CO, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-08-09


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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