I'll Have the Porter: Interactively Visualizaing the Results of Statistical Maneuver Analysis

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Abstract

Mission design and navigation relies on statistical maneuver analysis and Monte Carlo simulations when evaluating candidate mission trajectories. Engineers must analyze large quantities of data to optimize mission safety and propellant margins, but currently rely on static text files and dense PDF slide decks to review simulation results. This approach is time-intensive, non-interactive, and difficult to share or coordinate with other mission designers. To improve this process, we present Porter: a web-based interactive mission analysis tool. This work describes Porter’s user-centered design process, its processing pipeline for importing and processing LAMBIC simulation data, core interactive features, and preliminary user feedback.

Citation

Rohan Patel, Jimmy Moore, Jeffery Stuart, Sonia Hernandez, Basak Alper Ramaswamy
I'll Have the Porter: Interactively Visualizaing the Results of Statistical Maneuver Analysis
The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 20, 2021.

BibTeX

@article{2021_aas_porter,
  title = {I'll Have the Porter: Interactively Visualizaing the Results of Statistical Maneuver Analysis},
  author = {Rohan Patel and Jimmy Moore and Jeffery Stuart and Sonia Hernandez and Basak Alper Ramaswamy},
  journal = {The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences},
  issue_date = {2021},
  numpages = {20},
  publisher = {American Astronautical Society},
  url = {https://www.space-flight.org/},
  pages = {20},
  year = {2021}
}

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank members of JPL’s MDNav section for their participation in the workshop, interviews, and their feedback through the development of Porter. This research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Government sponsorship acknowledged. Copyright 2021 California Institute of Technology.