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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 93 - Colorado Springs - March 2004
Agenda Location	6 SUBCOMMITTEE B – MISSILES AND SPACE VEHICLES 6.3 New Horizons Guidance and Control
Title	New Horizons Guidance and Control
Presenter	Kevin Ailinger
Affiliation	Johns Hopkins University and APL
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Abstract	New Horizons is scheduled to be the first mission to Pluto and its moon, Charon. Baseline plans call for New Horizons to take about 10 years to reach the Pluto-Charon system, then perform a wide variety of science measurements during a 5-month flyby encounter before continuing on to visit one or more Kuiper Belt Objects. The spacecraft will be in a spin-stabilized mode using angular momentum-based control with long hibernation periods for most of the trip to Pluto-Charon. During science observations, the spacecraft will be in a 3-axis stabilized mode using a phase plane controller. In both modes, the spacecraft will perform closed loop control using thrusters as the only control actuators. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the mission, followed by a discussion of the design and implementation of the Guidance and Control subsystem.