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| Title: | On-orbit maneuver calibrations for the Stardust spacecraft |
| Authors: | Nandi, Sumita
Kennedy, Brian
Williams, Kenneth E.
Byrnes, Dennis V. |
| Keywords: | Stardust
maneuver
calibration |
| Issue Date: | 21-Aug-2006 |
| Publisher: | Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006. |
| Citation: | AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit, Keystone, Colorado, August 21-24, 2006. |
| Abstract: | The Stardust spacecraft, launched February 7, 1999, successfully delivered its sample return capsule to the Utah Test and Training Range on January 15, 2006. The entry maneuver strategy included a trajectory correction at entry minus 10 days (TCM18) targeted to entry with the inclusion of a final biased fixed direction maneuver at entry minus 29 hours (TCM19). To meet the stringent entry targeting requirements necessary for human safety and capsule integrity, a campaign of maneuver calibrations were undertaken in summers of 2003 and 2005 to improve performance for both maneuvers. The results of the calibration program are reported here. The in-flight calibrations included a series of several turns to various final attitudes via deadband walks about each of the three spacecraft axes, as well as 12 in-place burns with magnitudes between 0.5 and 1.0 m/s, the range initially expected for TCM19. The turn and burn calibrations as well as the performance of TCM 17, 18 and 19 are discussed. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/40778 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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