The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) entered into orbit about Mars on March 10, 2006. After a series of aerobraking and propulsive maneuvers, the spacecraft has been in its sun-synchronous primary science orbit since September 2006 performing both scientific and Mars programmatic support roles. In addition to MRO’s scientific investigations of Mars, NASA has tasked MRO to provide reconnaissance of potential landing sites for ongoing and future Mars missions. This paper covers the mission design and analysis process to characterize MRO’s landing site coverage capability for all global locations, with special focus on potential sites for future missions: Gale Crater, Mawrth Vallis, and Noachis Human Exploration Zone.


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    Title :

    Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Landing Site Reconnaissance Capability


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    Publication date :

    2017-03-04


    Type of media :

    Preprint


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    No indication


    Language :

    English



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