Mars Approach Navigation Using In-Situ Orbiters

Status: Completed project, September 2004 -- December 2007
Type: Mars Navigation Sensors

The Electra transceiver is studied and tested to determine its anticipated performance as a navigation sensor at Mars.

Personnel Glenn Lightsey Andreas Mogensen

Related Publications

Conference Papers

Lightsey, E. G., Campbell, T., Mogensen, A., Burkhart, P. D., Ely, T. A., and Duncan, C., "Expected Performance of the Electra Transceiver for Mars Missions", Proceedings of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AIAA, San Francisco, CA, 2005

Mogensen, A., Campbell, T., and Lightsey, E. G., "Performance Analysis of the Tracking Loop Design of the Electra Transceiver", Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation National Technical Meeting 2006, Monterey, CA, 18-20 Jan. 2006

Mogensen, A. and Lightsey, E. G., "Tracking Loop Performance of the Electra UHF Transceiver", Proceedings of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AIAA, Keystone, CO, 2006
Dissertation

Mogensen, Andreas, "Real-Time Navigation for Mars Final Approach using the Mars Network", The University of Texas at Austin, December 2007

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Journal Articles

Lightsey, E. G., Mogensen, A., Burkhart, P. D., Ely, T. A., and Duncan, C., "Real-Time Navigation for Mars Missions using the Mars Network," AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 45, No. 3, May - June 2008

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