InSight Communications Degradation During Peak Heating Phase of Atmospheric Entry

David D. Morabito,M. Michael Kobayashi,Sanford Krasner,Kristoffer N. Bruvold,C. Okino,Daniel Kahan,Clement G. Lee,Kamal Oudrhiri,Norman Lay,Evgeniy Sklyanskiy,Daniel Litton,Mark A. Johnson

InSight Communications Degradation During Peak Heating Phase of Atmospheric Entry

2021

David D. Morabito
M. Michael Kobayashi
Sanford Krasner
Kristoffer N. Bruvold
C. Okino
Daniel Kahan
Clement G. Lee
Kamal Oudrhiri
Norman Lay
Evgeniy Sklyanskiy
Daniel Litton
Mark A. Johnson

This paper discusses the analysis of the UHF (401 MHz) plasma-induced communications blackout (and brownout) experienced by the Mars InSight spacecraft during its entry, descent, and landing (EDL) ...

Keywords:

Mars Exploration Program
Environmental science
Degradation (geology)
Blackout
Brownout
Atmospheric entry
Double layer (surface science)
Spacecraft
Ultra high frequency
Aerospace engineering

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