Studies relating to stellar-body exploration programs have pointed out the need for an adaptive guidance scheme capable of providing automatic real-time guidance and site selection capability. For the case of a planetary lander, without such guidance, targeting is limited to what are believed to be generally benign areas in order to ensure a reasonable landing-success probability. Typically, the Mars Viking Lander will be jeopardized by obstacles exceeding 22 centimers in diameter. The benefits of on-board navigation and real-time selection of a landing site and obstacle avoidance have been demonstrated by the Apollo lunar landings, in which man performed the surface sensing and steering functions. Therefore, an Adaptive Video Guidance System (AVGS) has been developed, bread-boarded, and flown on a six-degree-of-freedom simulator.
Experimental and simulation study results of an Adaptive Video Guidance System /AVGS/
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Guidance and Control Conference ; 1975 ; Boston, MA
01.08.1975
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Simulation and ground testing with the AVGS [5799-09]
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