Operational Development of Rotating Propulsive Maneuvers for NASA’s Lunar Flashlight Mission

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Jordan, Graham
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Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics was established in 1931, with a name change in 1962 to the School of Aerospace Engineering
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This paper details the processes used for developing rotating propulsive maneuvers for JPL’s Lunar Flashlight cubesat mission as told from the perspective of the mission operations team. The timeline of the Lunar Flashlight mission after launch as well as the early anomalies that spurred work on the rotating maneuver concept are detailed first. An overview of the cumulative progression of implementing the rotating maneuver concept on the spacecraft is further explored. Finally, the operational software, hardware, and procedural tools that were created and utilized to make this development possible are described in-depth, concluding with a detailed description of the implementation of ground-in-the-loop maneuvers.
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2024-05
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