The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) Mars lander mission was launched on May 5th, 2018 and its November 26, 2018 entry, descent, and landing sequence was observed by no less than five separate assets. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) in orbit about Mars, the two Mars Cube One (MarCO) probes flying by, and two radio telescopes back on Earth were all used for this critical event communication coverage. These many paths of communication were enabled via the InSight launch/arrival strategy design, MRO orbital phasing selection, and MarCO trajectory design


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    Title :

    Orbiters, CubeSats, and radio telescopes, oh my; entry, descent, and landing communications for the 2018 InSight Mars lander mission


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    Publication date :

    2019-01-13


    Type of media :

    Preprint


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    Language :

    English





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