ESOC's System for Interplanetary Orbit Determination: Implementation and Operational Experience
Abstract
A system for interplanetary orbit determination has been developed at ESOC over the past six years. Today, the system is in place and has been proven to be both reliable and robust by successfully supporting critical operations of ESA's interplanetary spacecraft Rosetta, Mars Express, and SMART-1. To reach this stage a long and challenging way had to be travelled. This paper gives a digest about the journey from the development and testing to the operational use of ESOC's new interplanetary orbit determination system. It presents the capabilities and reflects experiences gained from the performed tests and tracking campaigns.
- Publication:
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18th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics
- Pub Date:
- 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004ESASP.548..387B