Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
On January 14, 2005, ESA's Huygens probe separated from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, entered the Titan atmosphere and landed on its surface. As part of NASA Engineering Safety Center Independent Technical Assessment of the Huygens entry, descent, and landing, and an agreement with ESA, NASA provided results of all EDL analyses and associated findings to the Huygens project team prior to probe entry. In return, NASA was provided the flight data from the probe so that trajectory reconstruction could be done and simulation models assessed. Trajectory reconstruction of the Huygens entry probe at Titan was accomplished using two independent approaches: a traditional method and a POST2-based method. Results from both approaches are discussed in this paper.
Keywords:
Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
Type:
AAS-07-226
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17th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting; Jan 28, 2007 - Feb 01, 2007; Sedona, AZ; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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