NASA NTRS · 19720048530
On-board optical navigation data from Mariner '71.'
Abstract
Satellite-star optical navigation, a new spacecraft navigation technique has been successfully demonstrated during Mariner 9's approach to Mars in mid-November. As Mariner 9 approached Mars, 21 TV pictures of its satellites, Phobos and Deimos, were taken and transmitted to earth. On earth, these pictures were carefully processed in order to locate the positions of the bright satellites against the relatively faint star background. The objectives and performance of the preflight and real time activities leading to the successful demonstration of satellite-star navigation data are described.
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Duxbury, T. C., Acton, C. H., Jr.. 1972-01-01. On-board optical navigation data from Mariner '71.'. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19720048530
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