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Jan 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002stin...0310283t&link_type=abstract
Conference Paper, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit
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2001 Mars Odyssey, Aerothermodynamics, Monte Carlo Method, Direct Numerical Simulation, Atmospheric Models, Aerobraking, Data Bases, Flight Plans, Atmospheric Density, Acceleration, Spacecraft Maneuvers, Attitude (Inclination)
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Direct Simulation Monte Carlo and free-molecular analyses were used to provide aerothermodynamic characteristics of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. The results of these analyses were used to develop an aerodynamic database that was used extensively for the pre-flight planning and in-flight execution for the aerobraking phase of the Mars Odyssey mission. During aerobraking operations, the database was used to reconstruct atmospheric density profiles during each pass. The reconstructed data was used to update the atmospheric model, which was used to determine the strategy for subsequent aerobraking maneuvers. The aerodynamic database was also used together with data obtained from on-board accelerometers to reconstruct the spacecraft attitudes throughout each aerobraking pass. The reconstructed spacecraft attitudes are in good agreement with those determined by independent on-board inertial measurements for all aerobraking passes. The differences in the pitch attitudes are significantly less than the preflight uncertainties of +/-2.9%. The differences in the yaw attitudes are influenced by zonal winds. When latitudinal gradients of density are small, the differences in the yaw attitudes are significantly less than the preflight uncertainties.
Takashima Naruhisa
Wilmoth Richard G.
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