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MISSION PLAN - PDS Small Bodies Node

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contributes to the return of potentially viable and valuable dynamic science data.<br />

Tracking time ranges from 8 hours per week over the 34-m net to a maximum of 24 hours<br />

per day over the 70-m net at encounter.<br />

The spacecraft attitude profile on approach to the comet starts with one that supports the<br />

third CIDA experiment (see section 4 for details). This attitude is abandoned at E-44<br />

days when the communications frequency is scheduled to increase to one track per day in<br />

support of the first approach TCM (E-30 days). To minimize spacecraft slewing, the<br />

spacecraft attitude profile then becomes one where the MGA boresight tracks the Earth.<br />

This attitude continues until E-10 days when the attitude becomes one where the HGA<br />

boresight tracks the Earth. This is done to place the spacecraft in a near-Encounter<br />

attitude and to support the start of daily science and OPNAV events at E-7 days. Finally,<br />

after the E-18 h TCM, the spacecraft attitude is set for the final coma fly through. At the<br />

encounter attitude, the dust shield is oriented toward the comet-spacecraft relative<br />

velocity vector and the HGA boresight is pointed to the Earth. Attitude maintenance<br />

activity, required to maintain the HGA link as well as the dust shield protection, is<br />

expected to increase during the fly through due to disturbances caused by the comet dust.<br />

Attitude control will also include the execution of the roll maneuvers that surround the<br />

closest approach.<br />

Table 6.3-1 Wild-2 Encounter Phase Mission Operations<br />

Mission Operation<br />

Communications<br />

Description<br />

8 hrs / wk - HGA Comm - E-100 to -7d, no s/c flip (small SEP)<br />

8 hrs / day - HGA Comm - E-7 to E-1d<br />

24 hrs / day - HGA Comm - E-2 to +3d, +5 to +8d, +10 to +13d<br />

8 hrs / wk - HGA Comm - E+13 to E+50d<br />

TCMs -<br />

Two - 4 hr passes week - MGA Comm -14 to -28, +14 to +28d<br />

4 hrs / day - MGA Comm (2) within ± 14 days<br />

Encounter -<br />

4 hrs / day - MGA Comm within ± 30 days<br />

Navigation L+1761 d (E-30 d): TCM 10<br />

L+1781 d (E-10 d): TCM 11<br />

L+1789 d (E-2 d): TCM 12<br />

L+1790 d (E-18 h): TCM 13<br />

L+1791 d (E-6 h): TCM 14<br />

L+1821 d (E+30 d): DSM 4 (# 15)<br />

Spacecraft Attitude Time (days) Description angz (°) angy (°) db (°)<br />

(see section 10 for L+1691 to 1703 constant off-sun 0 180 15<br />

attitude mode L+1703 to 1747 CIDA cst. off-sun -20 0 15<br />

definitions) L+1747 to 1780 MGA track Earth - - 15<br />

L+1780 to 1789 HGA track Earth - - 15<br />

L+1789 to 1792 Encounter - - 2<br />

L+1792 to 1805 HGA track Earth - - 2<br />

L+1805 to 1811 HGA track Earth - - 15<br />

L+1811 to 1841 constant off-sun 0 0 15<br />

MGA communications: 7° off +z-axis to Earth 6<br />

HGA communications: +z-axis to Earth 2<br />

Encounter mode 0.3<br />

Imaging mode 0.5<br />

DSN Profile L+1691 to +1733d: 8 h/w L+1794 to +1796d: 4 h/d<br />

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