Flight Control System Design and Analysis for the Dragonfly Lander.

In July of 2028, NASA will launch its ambitious Dragonfly mission to explore the prebiotic chemistry of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, using a rotorcraft lander. The automobile-sized, nuclear-powered octocopter will cover more than 80 kilometers of Titan's organic-rich surface, landing at various sites along the way and analyzing surface samples using its comprehensive suite of on-board scientific instruments. In this paper, we present a high-level overview of the flight control system design for Dragonfly, focusing on the structure of the Guidance and Control algorithms specifically.