Flyby and rendezvous missions to asteroids have been accomplished using navigation techniques derived from experience gained in planetary exploration. This paper presents analysis of advanced navigation techniques required to meet unique challenges for precision navigation to acquire a sample from an asteroid and return it to Earth. These techniques rely on tracking data types such as spacecraft-based laser ranging and optical landmark tracking in addition to the traditional Earth-based Deep Space Network radio metric tracking. A systematic study of navigation strategy, including the navigation event timeline and reduction in spacecraft-asteroid relative errors, has been performed using simulation and covariance analysis on a representative mission.
Advanced Navigation Strategies For Asteroid Sample Return Missions
George H. Born Symposium ; 2010 ; Boulder, CO, United States
2010-05-13
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English
Advanced Navigation Strategies for an Asteroid Sample Return Mission (AAS 11-499)
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