2009/04/29 by Bryan N. Dorland, Rachel P. Dudik, Dorland, Bryan N. +5
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Inertial Sensor and Navigation #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #astro-ph.IM #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0904.4516
8 pages, 5 figures, 19th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
arxiv created 2009/04/29 · openalex publication_date 2009/04/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The 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.