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Impactor Spacecraft Encounter Sequence Design for the Deep Impact Mission
Impactor Spacecraft Encounter Sequence Design for the Deep Impact Mission
| dc.contributor.author | Kubitschek, Daniel G. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. Space Systems Design Lab | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-01-19T21:25:42Z | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-03-03T21:08:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-01-19T21:25:42Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2006-03-03T21:08:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-11-10 | en_US |
| dc.description | This conference features the work of authors from: Georgia Tech’s Space Systems Design Lab, Aerospace Systems Design Lab, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech Research Institute; NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, Langley Research Center; and other aerospace industry and academic institutions | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | On July 4, 2005, another first in space exploration was achieved. NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft (s/c) released a small, 350 kg Impactor s/c designed to target comet Tempel 1, estimated to be 14 km x 5 km x 5 km in size at the time of release. With a closing speed of approximately 10.3 km/s, the Impactor s/c autonomously guided itself to impact and captured 40 cm resolution images, the highest resolution images ever of the surface of a cometary nucleus, just moments before the collision. The objective of the Impactor s/c was to impact in an illuminated area viewable from the Flyby s/c. This paper describes the Impactor encounter sequence design, execution and contingency planning that contributed to the successful outcome in which all objectives were met. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | AIAA Space Systems Technical Committee ; AIAA Space Transportation Systems Technical Committee ; Space Technology Advanced Research Center | en_US |
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| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8031 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | SSEC05 Session C;GT-SSEC.C.3 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cometary impacts | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cometary properties | en_US |
| dc.subject | Contingency planning | en_US |
| dc.subject | Deep Impact Comet Encounter | en_US |
| dc.subject | Flyby spacecraft | en_US |
| dc.subject | High rate imaging | en_US |
| dc.subject | Impactor spacecraft | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sequence design | en_US |
| dc.title | Impactor Spacecraft Encounter Sequence Design for the Deep Impact Mission | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Presentation | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) | |
| local.relation.ispartofseries | Space Systems Engineering Conference | |
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