Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Navigation During the Primary Science Phase

Highsmith, Dolan; You, Tung-Han; Demcak, Stuart; Graat, Eric; Higa, Earl; Long, Stacia; Bhat, Ram; Mottinger, Neil; Halsell, Allen; Peralta, Fernando

NASA NTRS · 20150014800

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Navigation During the Primary Science Phase

Highsmith, Dolan·You, Tung-Han·Demcak, Stuart·Graat, Eric·Higa, Earl·Long, Stacia·Bhat, Ram·Mottinger, Neil·Halsell, Allen·Peralta, Fernando

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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter began science operations in November 2006, with a suite of seven instruments and investigations, some of which required navigation accuracies much better than previous Mars missions. This paper describes the driving performance requirements levied on Navigation and how well those requirements have been met thus far. Trending analyses that have a direct impact on the Navigation performance, such as atmospheric bias determination, are covered in detail, as well as dynamic models, estimation strategy, tracking data reduction techniques, and residual noise.

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Highsmith, Dolan, You, Tung-Han, Demcak, Stuart, Graat, Eric, Higa, Earl, Long, Stacia, Bhat, Ram, Mottinger, Neil, Halsell, Allen, Peralta, Fernando. 2008-08-18. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Navigation During the Primary Science Phase. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150014800

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