MITRE TELESCOPE TRACKS BEPICOLOMBO FLYBY

Abstract

This paper reports on the processes of planning, prediction, acquisition, tracking, measurement collection, and measurement reduction as needed to independently document the passage of the space probe by Earth, and to generate tracking data for testing of MITRE mission software under development. Uses the April 10, 2020, the Mercury probe BepiColombo data. Presented at the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Meeting, August 9-13, 2020. Paper and presentation included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 08, 2020
Accession Number
AD1112843

Entities

People

  • Roger L. Mansfield
  • Tim Mclaughlin

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Colorado
  • Corporations
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Observation
  • Observatories
  • Optical Instruments
  • Orbital Inclination
  • Orbits
  • Space Objects
  • Space Probes
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States
  • World Geodetic System

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects