The Mars 2020 spacecraft was spin-stabilized during cruise, just like its predecessor, the Mars Science Laboratory. This spinning motion imparts a signature in the radiometric tracking data that must be dealt with in order to properly model the motion of the spacecraft's center of mass. We discuss how the Orbit Determination team pre-processed the data for efficient computations while also providing other benefits such as high-fidelity attitude modeling and on-board clock verification. Finally, we discuss the analysis and results of the in-flight thruster calibration activity.


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    Title :

    Mars 2020 Radiometric Data and Telemetry Processing, Attitude Estimation, and Thruster Calibration for Orbit Determination


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    Publication date :

    2021-08-09


    Type of media :

    Preprint


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    Language :

    English



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