Cassini Tour Navigation Strategy

D. Roth, V. Alwar, J. Bordi, T. Goodson, Y. Hahn, R. Ionasescu, J. Jones, W. Owen, J. Pojman, I. Roundhill, S. Santos, N. Strange, S. Wagner, M. Wong

Abstract:	The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft was launched on October 15, 1997 as a joint NASA/ESA mission to explore Saturn. After a 7 year cruise the spacecraft will enter orbit around Saturn on 1 July 2004 for a 4 year investigation of the Saturnian system. The Cassini Navigation Team is responsible for designing the reference trajectory and conducting operations to realize this design. This paper describes the strategy for achieving project requirements, the characteristics of the Cassini navigation challenge, and the underlying assumptions.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS/GNSS 2003) September 9 - 12, 2003 Oregon Convention Center Portland, OR
Pages:	2218 - 2229
Cite this article:	Roth, D., Alwar, V., Bordi, J., Goodson, T., Hahn, Y., Ionasescu, R., Jones, J., Owen, W., Pojman, J., Roundhill, I., Santos, S., Strange, N., Wagner, S., Wong, M., "Cassini Tour Navigation Strategy," Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS/GNSS 2003), Portland, OR, September 2003, pp. 2218-2229.
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