Title :
Open loop tracking in 1st Chinese Mars exploration mission: Yinghuo-1 Martian orbiter
Author :
Jinsong, Ping ; Zhihan, Qian ; Shuhua, Ye ; Xiaoyu, Hong ; Kun, Shang ; Sujun, Zhang ; Nianchuan, Jian ; Mingyuan, Wang ; Jianguo, Yan ; Jing, Sun ; Xian, Shi ; Qian, Huang ; Chunli, Dai ; Leewo, Fung ; Haojian, Yan ; Guangli, Wang ; Qinghui, Liu ; Jinlin
Author_Institution :
Shanghai Astron. Obs., CAS, Shanghai, China
Abstract :
The first Chinese Mars probe, Yinghuo-1, is planned to launch in October 2009, together with the Russia Phobos-Grunt landing mission. YH-1 will explore the space weather of Mars, and test deep space communication and navigation techniques. Differences from common deep space probe, the astronomical Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), open loop tracking method, like DOR/DOR, seam beam VLBI and 1-way Doppler, will be used to determine the spacecraft orbit and position.
Keywords :
Mars; astronomical techniques; radio tracking; space communication links; space vehicles; 1st Chinese Mars exploration mission; AD 2009 10; Russia Phobos-Grunt landing mission; Very Long Baseline Interferometry; YH-1; Yinghuo-1 Martian orbiter; deep space communication; open loop tracking; space weather; Tracking loops; Mars exploration; VLBI; Yinghuo-1; open loop;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2009. APCC 2009. 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4784-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4785-5
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.2009.5375597
