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After the loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO), a team of senior navigation analysts was added to the Mars Polar Lander (MPL) project to help ensure a successful delivery to atmospheric entry.
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At present, ground navigation support for interplanetary spacecraft requires human intervention for data pre-processing, filtering, and post-processing activities; these actions must be repeated each time a new batch of data is collected by the ground data system.
The Automated Real-Time Spacecraft Navigation system (ARTSN) is a prototype of a new class of software for automated spacecraft navigation and monitoring.
The Mars Observer orbit determination activity extending from launch to loss of contact is summarized, and includes quantitative results and conclusions derived from mission experience.