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te o

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tern

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trac

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anet

ary

prob

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an e

ncou

nter

mis

sion

scen

ario

s whe

re

com

mun

icat

ion

is n

ot fa

vora

ble

durin

g cr

itica

l man

euve

rs

or e

mer

genc

ies

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unch

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tial a

cqui

sitio

n, la

ndin

g, tr

ajec

tory

cor

rect

ions

, saf

ing

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atio

n ch

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nges

due

to su

b-op

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enna

poi

ntin

g or

tran

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ed p

ower

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plitu

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eque

ncy

dyna

mic

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c.–

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ent l

ock-

up o

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gnal

and

ext

ract

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of te

lem

etry

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ampl

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oss o

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r, nu

tatio

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ry,

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cent

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ding

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the

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urn

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serti

on.

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to h

andl

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ases

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ed su

cces

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ly to

rece

ive

sign

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o ch

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e th

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io•

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pap

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ill d

escr

ibe

the

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bilit

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d hi

ghlig

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ses o

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mun

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rum

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ceiv

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ting

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Rad

io S

cien

ce R

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depe

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rack

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rece

iver

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pen-

loop

dow

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nver

sion

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ned

by “

pred

icts

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nera

ted

from

nav

igat

ion

info

rmat

ion

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eque

ncy

pred

ictio

ns g

ener

ated

by

Rad

io S

cien

ce S

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ms

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up c

an in

clud

e m

odel

of p

lane

t’s a

tmos

pher

e•

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otel

y op

erat

ed fr

om JP

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ures

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ette

r sta

bilit

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ture

sign

al d

ynam

ics

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aptu

re m

ulti-

path

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hoic

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dwid

th a

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mpl

ing

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ighe

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ntiz

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ativ

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st-p

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ayin

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pro

cess

ors

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aptu

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le sa

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ing

rate

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idth

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ulta

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sly

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ed in

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pla

ce•

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aneu

ver o

ptim

ized

for c

aptu

re w

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usi

ng

min

imum

am

ount

of f

uel

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el is

a v

alua

ble

cons

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r suc

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long

mis

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ne th

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d fo

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incl

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mis

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r 199

7 cr

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man

date

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out c

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culta

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by ri

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2.5

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ban

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ther

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ime

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24

min

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ear s

olar

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RSR

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cess

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ance

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&

mon

itorin

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JPL

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acku

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ecia

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licat

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proc

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FFT

com

puta

tions

of R

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m st

atio

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burn

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urn

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:

actu

al

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14

26 A

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der S

epar

atio

n: E

+271

s (2

73),

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0)

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tshi

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n: E

+261

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63),

L-82

s (8

0)

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achu

te D

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ymen

t: E

+241

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43),

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00),

8.6

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para

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cqui

sitio

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.4 k

m a

bove

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und

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rt A

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tion:

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s, 1

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, 75m

/s

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ding

: E+3

43s

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ry T

urn

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ts: E

-85

min

. Tu

rn c

ompl

eted

by

E-7

1 m

in.

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ven

ting.

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ry: E

-0 s

, L-3

43s,

128

km

, 5.4

km

/s w

ith re

spec

t to

rota

ting

plan

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tial,

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rela

tive

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le D

esce

nt C

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ete:

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(283

), L-

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(60)

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, Rol

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at

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idia

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, 2.0

km

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roun

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s, L

-26s

, 1.7

km

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, 1.4

km

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afte

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r 10s

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riorit

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he n

ext t

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y 1:

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achu

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pen

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riorit

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nts

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e: T

ones

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cate

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man

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sued

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t a c

onfir

mat

ion

that

the

even

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ace)

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./12

sol.)

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riorit

y 3:

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lt To

nes

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riorit

y 4:

Dec

eler

atio

n to

nes

–P

riorit

y 5:

Cal

ibra

tion

tone

s

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fter t

he la

nder

desc

ent o

n th

e br

idle

(@ L

-75s

), no

to

ne re

cept

ion

is c

erta

in b

ecau

se th

e la

nder

sway

s.

ED

LD

irect

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th

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-ban

d C

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16

26 A

ugus

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17

26 A

ugus

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4

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f Tec

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18

26 A

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t 200

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be

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nk a

t 204

0 M

Hz

to C

assi

ni o

rbite

r dur

ing

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cent

to T

itan

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lem

etry

and

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pler

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