NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission successfully executed its Martian entry, descent, and landing sequence on February 18, 2021. Spacecraft navigation guided the spacecraft from its launch injection to entry into the Martian atmosphere; to do so, three trajectory correction maneuvers and two onboard state updates were performed. Navigation was required to provide an entry state with a maximum uncertainty of 2.8 km in position and 2.0 m/sec in velocity (3-σ); the flight performance was approximately 900 m and 66 cm/sec (3-σ). This paper presents the orbit determination models, measurements, filter strategies and performance throughout launch, cruise and Mars approach.
Orbit Determination for the Mars 2020 Mission
2021-08-08
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