Navigation trades while in pursuit of a rendezvous with a sample capsule in orbit around Mars are described. The rendezvous operation is described in terms of far-field and near-field detection. Passive optical detection is compared with active capsule detection using a radio beacon. Passive methods are, to first order, unconstrained by time while a radio beacon link is time-limited. A possible activity to make use of orbiter plume interactions is explored.


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    Title :

    Mars Sample Return orbital rendezvous detection methods


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    Publication date :

    2019-01-13


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

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    Language :

    English



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