The successful conclusion of the deep space 1 mission: Important results without a flashy title

Space Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 185-196

  Rayman, Marc D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelly; Deep Space 1; Mission

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; TRANSMITTERS;

COMETS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0041923687     PISSN: 08929270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. M.D. Rayman, P. Varghese, D.H. Lehman, L.L. Livesay, Results from the Deep Space 1 technology validation mission, Acta Astronautica 47 (2000) 475.
2. Deep Space 1 technology validation reports, JPL Publication 00-10 (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, October 2000).
3. M.D. Rayman, P. Varghese, The Deep Space 1 extended mission, Acta Astronautica 48 (2001) 693.
4. M.D. Rayman, The Deep Space 1 extended mission: challenges in preparing for an encounter with Comet Borrelly, Acta Astronautica 51 (2002) 507.
5. S. Bhaskaran, J.E. Riedel, B. Kennedy, T.C. Wang, Navigation of the Deep Space 1 Spacecraft at Borrelly, AIAA paper 2002-4815, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit, Monterey, CA, August 5-8.
6. D.E. Brinza, et al., An Overview of Results from the Ion Diagnostics Sensors Flown on DS1, AIAA paper 2001-0966, 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 8-11.
7. L.A. Soderblom, et al., Observations of Comet 19P/Borrelly by the miniature integrated camera and spectrometer aboard Deep Space 1, Science 296 (2002) 1087.
8. D.T. Young, et al., Solar Wind Interactions with the Coma of Comet 19P/Borrelly, in preparation.
9. I. Richter, et al., Magnetic Field Measurement During the Encounter of Deep Space 1 with Comet 19P/Borrelly, submitted for publication.
10. B.T. Tsurutani, et al., Plasma Clouds Associated with Comet P/Borrelly Dust Impacts, submitted for publication.
11. Images with resolution better than 47 m/pixel have been obtained at least somewhere on the surfaces of Venus, Earth, the moon, Eros, Mars, Phobos, Deimos, Ida, Dactyl, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
12. H.A. Weaver, S.A. Stern, J.Wm. Parker, HST/STIS Observations of Comet 19P/Borrelly during the Deep Space 1 Encounter, submitted for publication.
13. A. Lecacheux, et al., Observations of the 557 GHz Water Line in Comets with the Odin Satellite, in preparation.
14. T. Duxbury (personal communication).
15. M. A'Hearn (personal communication).
16. J.R. Brophy, D.E. Brinza, J.E. Polk, M.D. Henry, A. Sengupta, The DSI hyper-extended mission, AIAA paper 2002-3673, 38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Indianapolis, IN, July 7-10.
17. For more information on mission operations, including less dispassionate perspectives on the end of the mission and on the surprising success of the comet encounter, refer to Dr. Marc Rayman's Mission Logs at http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1.
18. M.D. Rayman, S.N. Williams, Design of the first interplanetary solar electric propulsion mission, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 39 (2002) 589.