April - May 2020: Checkpoint rehearsal

# Burn time DV Dt a
TR1P12020-04-07 17:00:00.0000.610.5380.05
TR1P22020-04-11 17:00:00.0000.12.9850.04
TR1D2020-04-14 18:39:34.00077.910.2027.65
cp2020-04-14 22:38:33.40682.920.8833.97
cp2020-04-14 22:38:54.40778.434.2472.29
cp2020-04-14 22:39:28.908134.516.8967.96
cp2020-04-14 22:47:56.928398.824.93815.99
TR1R12020-04-18 17:00:00.000333.541.9897.94
TR1R22020-04-25 17:00:00.000206.126.1047.90
TR1R32020-04-28 17:00:00.000101.213.0057.78
TR1R42020-04-30 22:26:47.76850.96.7937.49
The table shows the maneuvers performed during this phase.
The calculations are based on NAIF's data files updated with tracking data until 13-APR-2020 17:33:46 and from 15-APR-2020 00:40:46 to 25-MAY-2020 17:36:51.
The list of the maneuvers performed during the Checkpoint rehearsal may be incomplete. The "DV" and "Dt" values for the maneuvers marked with "cp" may be inaccurate.

S/C vertical speed


The graph shows the s/c vertical speed during the Checkpoint rehearsal.

"Vspd r" is the derivative of the magnitude of the radius vector (it's the s/c vertical speed w.r.t. the center of Bennu).

"Vspd h" is the derivative of the s/c altitude above the surface of Bennu (it's the s/c vertical speed w.r.t. the sub-spacecraft point). The surface of Bennu is represented by topographic data as explained here.

A negative value of the vertical speed means that the s/c is approaching Bennu.

The x-axis on the top shows the time (in minutes) since the lowest altitude.

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Here's the spacecraft trajectory in the Bennu-centric mean ecliptic and equinox of J2000 reference frame.

The popup label shows the date, the radius vector (m), the altitude above Bennu (m), the spacecraft inertial speed (Vi, mm/s) and the speed relative to the surface of Bennu (Vs, mm/s).


Here's the same graph as above, but in the Bennu-centric Sun-North reference frame.

Instead of the inertial speed, the popup label shows the spacecraft speed in the Bennu-fixed rotating frame (Vbfr, mm/s).


The following graph shows the s/c radius vector, altitude, inertial speed and the speed relative to the surface of Bennu (click a graph legend to hide/show the related plot).