An Automomous Optical Navigation and Control System for Interplanetary Exploration Missions

Riedel, J. E.; Bhaskaran, S.; Synnott, S. P.; Bollman, W. E.; Null, G. W.

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An Automomous Optical Navigation and Control System for Interplanetary Exploration Missions

Riedel, J. E.·Bhaskaran, S.·Synnott, S. P.·Bollman, W. E.·Null, G. W.

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The first fully autonomous deep-space navigation system ever implemented is planned to guide the New Millenium Deep Space-1 mission to an asteroid and comet beginning in mid-1998. This system is based to a large extent on Optical Navigation (OPNAV) technology developed for the NASA/JPL interplanetary exploration probes Voyager and Galileo. This paper describes the structure and algorithmic content of the Autonomous OPNAV system. The system has several major autonomous functions: picture planning, image analysis, orbit determination, manuever design and general interaction with other onboard autonomous systems.

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Riedel, J. E., Bhaskaran, S., Synnott, S. P., Bollman, W. E., Null, G. W.. 1996-04-16. An Automomous Optical Navigation and Control System for Interplanetary Exploration Missions. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060036217

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