The Mars 2020 mission was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 30, 2020, and landed at Mars Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021. Throughout the 7-month interplanetary trajectory, there were various requirements and constraints the navigation team had to observe. Particularly pertinent to trajectory control and maneuver design were the planetary protection requirements for preventing microbial contamination of Mars. Consequently, the aimpoints for injection and early TCMs were biased away to reduce the probability of unintended Mars impact, thus satisfying these requirements. In addition, extensive pre-launch analyses were done to ensure other requirements could be met with high probabilities.


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    Title :

    Planetary Protection Requirements and Aimpoint Biasing for Mars 2020 Mission


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    Publication date :

    2021-08-09


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    Preprint


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    Language :

    English




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