Autonomous Navigation Concepts for Interplanetary Missions

Much interest has been given in recent years to vision based navigation for planetary missions. EADS Astrium is the prime contractor of three European Space Agency (ESA) studies in this field. This paper presents the main results covering navigation in cruise phase, approach, and landing.

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Published inIFAC Proceedings Volumes Vol. 37; no. 6; pp. 203 - 208
Main Authors Polle, B., Frapard, B., Sembely, X.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.06.2004
Subjects
Autonomous vehicle
Image processing
Interplanetary spacecraft
Navigation system
Optical navigation
Navigation system
Optical navigation
Image processing
Autonomous vehicle
Interplanetary spacecraft
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Summary:Much interest has been given in recent years to vision based navigation for planetary missions. EADS Astrium is the prime contractor of three European Space Agency (ESA) studies in this field. This paper presents the main results covering navigation in cruise phase, approach, and landing.
ISSN:1474-6670
DOI:10.1016/S1474-6670(17)32174-2