GOES-16 was launched in 2016 using GPS at GEO, a first for civil space. With the subsequent launch of GOES-17 in 2018, followed by GOES-18 in 2022, we have accumulated over a decade of error free GPS navigation experience at GEO. Confident in GPS performance at GEO, the next generation/NASA geosynchronous weather satellite program GeoXO will require the spacecraft flight software to automate station keeping and momentum management maneuver planning and execution. Coupled with low thrust propulsion, it gives us assurance that on-board maneuver planning and execution can be implemented at a very low risk, allowing instruments to operate through maneuvers while maintaining a more accurate orbital slot and reducing operational costs. In this paper, we discuss how GOES-R maneuver planning is currently performed on the ground and contrast this with our vision of how it might be automated on-board.


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    Title :

    Autonomous Maneuver Planning and Execution for GeoXO Station Keeping and Momentum Management


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    Conference:

    45th Annual AAS Guidance & Control Conference ; 2023 ; Breckenridge, CO, US


    Publication date :

    2023-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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