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OSIRIS-REx Flight Dynamics and Navigation Design

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OSIRIS-REx is the first NASA mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth. Navigation and flight dynamics for the mission to acquire and return a sample of asteroid 101955 Bennu establish many firsts for space exploration. These include relatively small orbital maneuvers that are precise to ∼1 mm/s, close-up operations in a captured orbit about an asteroid that is small in size and mass, and planning and orbit phasing to revisit the same spot on Bennu in similar lighting conditions. After preliminary surveys and close approach flyovers of Bennu, the sample site will be scientifically characterized and selected. A robotic shock-absorbing arm with an attached sample collection head mounted on the main spacecraft bus acquires the sample, requiring navigation to Bennu’s surface. A touch-and-go sample acquisition maneuver will result in the retrieval of at least 60 grams of regolith, and up to several kilograms. The flight activity concludes with a return cruise to Earth and delivery of the sample return capsule (SRC) for landing and sample recovery at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR).

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Abbreviations

\(\Delta\mbox{V}\) :

Delta-V

AAM:

Asteroid Approach Maneuver

ADM:

Asteroid Departure Maneuver

AU:

Astronomical Unit

CBE:

Current best estimates

DCO:

Data cutoff

DDOR:

Delta-Differential One-way Ranging

Desats:

Momentum desaturation maneuvers

DRM:

Design Reference Mission

DSM:

Deep Space Maneuver

DSN:

Deep Space Network

DSS:

Deep Space Station

DTM:

Digital terrain maps

EGA:

Earth Gravity-Assist flyby

FDS:

Flight Dynamics System

FOV:

Field of View

GM:

Universal gravity constant (G) multiplied by planetary mass (M)

GN&C:

Guidance, navigation, and control

KXIMP:

KinetX Star-Based Image Processing Suite

L+:

Days after launch

LIDAR:

Light detection and ranging

LOTS:

Launch Opportunity TIP States

MRD:

Mission Requirements Document

NASA:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NFT:

Natural feature tracking

OCAMS:

OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite

OD:

Orbit Determination

ODM:

Orbit departure maneuver

OLA:

OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter

OpNav:

Optical navigation

OSIRIS-REx:

Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security

Pr/No:

DSN Designation for signal-to-noise ratio

PSF:

Point spread function

RTN:

Radial, transverse, and normal

SEP:

Sun-Earth-probe

SPC:

Stereophotoclinometry

SPE:

Sun-Probe-Earth

SPOC:

OSIRIS-REx Science Processing and Operations Center

SRC:

Sample return capsule

SRP:

Solar Radiation Pressure

TAG:

Touch and Go

TAGCAMS:

Touch and Go Camera System

TCM:

Trajectory Correction Maneuver

TIP:

Trajectory Interface Point

ULA:

United Launch Alliance

UTTR:

Utah Test and Training Range

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  1. KinetX Aerospace, Space Navigation and Flight Dynamics, Simi Valley, CA, USA

    B. Williams, P. Antreasian, E. Carranza, C. Jackman, J. Leonard, D. Nelson, B. Page, D. Stanbridge, D. Wibben & K. Williams

  2. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

    M. Moreau, K. Berry, K. Getzandanner, A. Liounis & A. Mashiku

  3. Aerospace Corp, Chantilly, VA, USA

    D. Highsmith

  4. Lockheed Martin, Littleton, CO, USA

    B. Sutter

  5. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    D. S. Lauretta

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Williams, B., Antreasian, P., Carranza, E. et al. OSIRIS-REx Flight Dynamics and Navigation Design. Space Sci Rev 214, 69 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-018-0501-x

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