Early navigation results for NASA'S MESSENGER mission to Mercury

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 120, Issue II, 2005, Pages 1233-1250

  Williams, B ^a   Taylor, A ^a   Carranza, E ^a   Miller, J ^a   Stanbridge, D ^a   Page, B ^a   Cotter, D ^a   Efron, L ^a   Farquhar, R ^b   McAdams, J ^b   Dunham, D ^b  

^a KinetX Inc   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETRY CRUISE; RADIO METRIC TRACKING;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; ORBITS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SPACECRAFT;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 26944465303     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. J. McAdams, T. Taylor, B. Williams, D. Dunham, and R. Farquhar, "Trajectory Design and Maneuver Strategy for the MESSENGER Mission to Mercury," Paper AAS 05-173, Copper Mountain, CO, January 23-27, 2005.
2. B. G. Williams, J. K. Miller, D. J. Scheeres, C. E. Helfrich, et al., "Navigation Results for NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission," Paper AIAA 96-3579, San Diego, CA, July 29-31, 1996.
3. J. K. Miller, A. S. Konopliv, P. G. Antreasian, J. J. Bordi, et al., "Determination of Shape, Gravity, and Rotational State of Asteroid 433 Eros," Icarus, 155, 3-17, 2002.
4. E. J. Christensen and B. G. Williams, "Mars Gravity Field Derived from Viking-1 and Viking-2: The Navigation Result," J. Guidance and Control, 2 (3), 179-183, May-June 1979.
5. B. G. Williams, N. A. Mottinger, and N. D. Panagiotacopulos, "Venus Gravity Field: Pioneer Venus Orbiter Navigation Results," Icarus, 56, 578-589, 1983.