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1、AAS08-057THENEXT25YEARSOFDEEPSPACENAVIGATION*#TomasJ.Martin-Mur,ShyamBhaskaran,&‡RobertJ.Cesarone,TimMcElrathThispaperreviewsthemostprobablesetofNASAdeepspacemissionsthatwillbelaunchedinthenexttwenty-fiveyears,discussesthenavigationalchallengesthatwillconfront
2、them,andoutlinesthemostprobablesolutionstothesechallenges.INTRODUCTIONAsignificantnumberoffutureNASAdeep-spacemissionsmayrequirenavigationcapabilitiesandperformancebeyondthatneededbypastandcurrentmissions.OverthelastfiftyyearsNASAhassentprobestofly-by,orbit,an
3、dlandonanumberofsolarsystembodies,performingthosemissionsthatcouldbeaccomplishedwiththenavigationalmeansofthetime.Asnavigationalmeanshaveimproved,thetypesofmissionsthatcouldbeexecutedhaveexpanded,allowingforincreasedscienceandexplorationreturns.Thesamecanbeexp
4、ectedforthenexttwentyfiveyears,withenhancednavigationcapabilitiesenablingnewtypesofmissionsthatcouldnotbeexecutedotherwise.FUTUREMISSIONSETANDCHALLENGESThesetoffutureNASAdeep-spacemissionschangessporadically,asmissionroadmapsareupdatedandmissionsareaddedtoorre
5、movedfromtheforecast.Thesetofmissionsinafive-yearhorizonisusuallywellknownandfairlystable,buttryingtoforecastuptotwenty-fiveyears1fromnowrequiressomeeducatedguesswork.Inapreviouspaperwedescribedtheprocessusedtoupdatetheforecast,andanalyzedthesetofmissionsplann
6、edatthattime.Sincethentheforecasthasnotchangedsignificantlyandaverysimilarsetcanbeusedatthecurrenttime.Table1listssomeofthemostchallengingcurrentandfuturedeep-spacemissionsthatNASAwillormaycarryoutinthenexttwentyfiveyears.*NavigationandMissionDesignElementMana
7、gerfortheMulti-MissionGroundSystemsandServicesProgramUSA,tmur@jpl.nasa.gov#TechnicalGroupSupervisor,OuterPlanetsNavigationGroupManager,Guidance,NavigationandControlSection,JetPropulsionLaboratory,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology†DeputySectionManager,Guidance,Na
8、vigationandControlSection,JetPropulsionLaboratory,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology&AssistantSystemProgramManager,ArchitectureandStrategicPlanningOffice,InterplanetaryNetworkDirector