Cooperative efforts between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) in supporting the flight of Giotto to Halley's Comet included prelaunch checks of ESA navigation software and delivery of validated DSN radio metric tracking data during the mission. Effects of drag from passing through the coma are seen in data received pre and post encounter. The post encounter Giotto trajectory provides a solar occultation in January 1988, prior to returning to the Earth in 1990 for possible retargeting to yet another comet.


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    Title :

    Giotto Navigation Support


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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