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Maneuver Automation SoftwareThe Maneuver Automation Software (MAS) automates the process of generating commands for maneuvers to keep the spacecraft of the Cassini-Huygens mission on a predetermined prime mission trajectory. Before MAS became available, a team of approximately 10 members had to work about two weeks to design, test, and implement each maneuver in a process that involved running many maneuver-related application programs and then serially handing off data products to other parts of the team. MAS enables a three-member team to design, test, and implement a maneuver in about one-half hour after Navigation has process-tracking data. MAS accepts more than 60 parameters and 22 files as input directly from users. MAS consists of Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL) scripts that link, sequence, and execute the maneuver- related application programs: "Pushing a single button" on a graphical user interface causes MAS to run navigation programs that design a maneuver; programs that create sequences of commands to execute the maneuver on the spacecraft; and a program that generates predictions about maneuver performance and generates reports and other files that enable users to quickly review and verify the maneuver design. MAS can also generate presentation materials, initiate electronic command request forms, and archive all data products for future reference.
Document ID
20090020560
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
External Source(s)
http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/5171
Authors
Uffelman, Hal (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Goodson, Troy (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Pellegrin, Michael (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Stavert, Lynn (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Burk, Thomas (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Beach, David (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Signorelli, Joel (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Jones, Jeremy (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Hahn, Yungsun (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Attiyah, Ahlam (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Illsley, Jeannette (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 2009
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs, May 2009
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Report/Patent Number
NPO-42137
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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