The Joint Milli-Arcsecond Pathfinder Survey (JMAPS): Mission Overview and Attitude Sensing Applications

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dc.creatorDorland, Bryan N.
dc.creatorDudik, Rachel P.
dc.creatorDugan, Zachary
dc.creatornessy, Gregory S. Hen-
dc.date2009-04-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:09:52Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:09:52Z
dc.descriptionThe Joint Milliarcsecond Pathfinder Survey (JMAPS) is a Department of Navy bright star astrometric all-sky survey scheduled for launch in the 2012 timeframe. Mission objectives include a complete update of star positions for the 2015 epoch to accuracy levels of 1 milliarcsecond (5 nano-radians) for bright stars, as well as demonstration of 10 milliarcsecond attitude determination capability and 50 milli-arcsecond attitude control on-orbit. In the following paper, we describe the general instrument design and expected performance. We also discuss the new mission capabilities enabled by the unprecedented attitude determination accuracy of such an instrument, and focus specifically on the application to long distance (50,000-100,00 km) formation flying and solar system navigation.
dc.description8 pages, 5 figures, 19th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4516
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4516
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/228884
dc.subjectSolar and Stellar Astrophysics
dc.subjectInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
dc.titleThe Joint Milli-Arcsecond Pathfinder Survey (JMAPS): Mission Overview and Attitude Sensing Applications
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