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VLBI Tracking of the JUICE Mission: Two Years of Cruise Phase Operations and Performance Analysis
Oliver James White, Guifre Molera Calves, Jasper Edwards +2
The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission, launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in April 2023, represents one of the most ambitious deep space exploration endeavours ta…
NovaMoon: A Strategic Lunar Reference Station for Positioning, Timing, and Largely Enhanced Science in the Earth-Moon System
Serena Molli, Agnès Fienga, Pascale Defraigne +82
The renewed interest in lunar exploration and the development of future lunar communication and navigation services highlight the need for a precise, stable, and interoperable geod…
Open-Source High-Fidelity Orbit Estimation for Planetary Science and Space Situational Awareness Using the Tudat Software
Luigi Gisolfi, Dominic Dirkx, Sam Fayolle +29
The TU Delft Astrodynamics Toolbox (Tudat) is a free open-source software suite for research and education in astrodynamics. Initially focused on numerical simulations of orbital d…
Planetary radio interferometry and Doppler experiment as an operational component of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission
Vidhya Pallichadath, Dominic Dirkx, Marie S. Fayolle +9
We present an overview of the operations and engineering interface for Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE) radio astronomy observations as a scientific co…
Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE) of the JUICE mission
Leonid I. Gurvits, Giuseppe Cimo, Dominic Dirkx +20
Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE) is a multi-purpose experimental technique aimed at enhancing the science return of planetary missions. The technique e…
Spacecraft VLBI tracking to enhance stellar occultations astrometry of planetary satellites
M. Fayolle, V. Lainey, D. Dirkx +3
Stellar occultations currently provide the most accurate ground-based measurements of the positions of natural satellites (down to a few kilometres for the Galilean moons). However…