The Sample Return Capsule (SRC) onboard the NASA Origins, Spectral Inter-pretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx)spacecraft is currently carrying samples of the B-type asteroid Bennu for safe re-turn to Earth at the Utah Test and Training Range on September 24, 2023. These samples were collected during the Touch And Go (TAG) sampling event on October 20, 2020, when the spacecraft contacted the surface for a few seconds at a location less than 1 meter from the target. The unprecedented navigation performance achieved during that event was the culmination of experience gained during two years of cruise and two years of increasingly challenging operation sat Bennu. As we had hoped, the proximity navigation performance at Bennu exceeded pre-launch analysis. This paper will compare the navigation performance through the proximity operation phases to our pre-launch analysis and will quantify how refinements of the small force models governing the spacecraft motion near Bennu considerably improved the down-track state predictions leading up to the successful TAG event. It was evident to the team and to expert peer reviewers during the design phase that exquisite model fidelity and aggressive operational concepts, which challenged and advanced the state of the art for deep space proximity operations, would be required to meet the mission’s objectives. This paper summarizes the superlative achievements of the team in rising to and overcoming these challenges.


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    Title :

    Comparing Pre-Launch Assumptions to In-Flight Navigation Performance of OSIRIS-REx



    Conference:

    44th Annual AAS Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) Conference ; 2022 ; Breckenridge, CO, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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