dc.contributor.author |
Nandi, Sumita |
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dc.contributor.author |
Kennedy, Brian |
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dc.contributor.author |
Williams, Kenneth E. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Byrnes, Dennis V. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2008-05-02T17:22:59Z |
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dc.date.available |
2008-05-02T17:22:59Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2006-08-21 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit, Keystone, Colorado, August 21-24, 2006. |
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dc.identifier.clearanceno |
06-2359 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2014/40778 |
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dc.description.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. |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
NASA/JPL |
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dc.language.iso |
en_US |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006. |
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dc.subject |
Stardust |
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dc.subject |
maneuver |
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dc.subject |
calibration |
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dc.title |
On-orbit maneuver calibrations for the Stardust spacecraft |
en_US |
dc.type |
Preprint |
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