NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully collected a sample of asteroid regolith from the surface of near-Earth asteroid Bennu in October of 2020. Subsequent imaging of the sampler head showed material leaking from the collection mechanism, thus stowage of the sample precluded execution of any planned maneuvers in the following days. Optical navigation imaging also ceased in the days following sample collection. The desire to image the sample site to investigate the results of the spacecraft-to-surface interaction led to the Navigation team designing a trajectory to return to Bennu after several months in order to image the surface one final time. After several iterations a trajectory design was created that satisfied the numerous constraints that were levied in order to place utmost importance on the safety of the spacecraft and stowed sample, while also closely emulating previously obtained imaging conditions to provide a close comparison of site pre- and post-contact. Significant analysis was necessary in order to reliably reacquire the asteroid after several months without optical navigation imagery. The final design required five maneuvers to return the spacecraft to Bennu and perform a final flyby of the asteroid at a distance of 3.8 kilometers. Successful execution of the phase provided key insights regarding the performance of the sample collection activities and the subsurface composition of the asteroid.


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    Title :

    OSIRIS-REX POST-TAG OBSERVATION TRAJECTORY DESIGN AND NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE


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    Publication date :

    2024-01-01


    Size :

    21 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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