Navigation Services of the Mars Network

T.A. Ely, J. Guinn, E. Quintanilla

Abstract:	The Mars Network (MN) provides proximity based communications and navigation services to support Mars exploration. The network will be comprised of science orbiters with a MN relay transceiver, and, potentially, dedicated telecommunication orbiters. The common MN transceiver, called Electra, is currently in development, and is being designed for both communications and radiometric tracking. MN navigation services will utilize Electra radiometric data to support surface asset positioning, approach navigation, orbit determination, and entry/descent/landing (EDL) trajectory determination. These services and the anticipated performance of the MN at providing them are discussed.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation and CIGTF 22nd Guidance Test Symposium (2003) June 23 - 25, 2003 Hyatt Regency Hotel Albuquerque, NM
Pages:	427 - 434
Cite this article:	Ely, T.A., Guinn, J., Quintanilla, E., "Navigation Services of the Mars Network," Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation and CIGTF 22nd Guidance Test Symposium (2003), Albuquerque, NM, June 2003, pp. 427-434.
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