Global Positioning System (GPS) is commonly used in terrestrial navigation for vehicle position and velocity knowledge. In the absence of a GPS signal, past landing missions to planetary bodies primarily relied on radar to provide the necessary data to execute descent and landing maneuvers. We have developed a coherent Doppler lidar, called Navigation Doppler Lidar (NDL), that offers several critical advantages com-pared to radar, including significantly higher precision with reduced size, mass, and power.


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    Titel :

    Doppler Lidar for Precision Landing on Planetary Bodies with and without Atmosphere


    Beteiligte:
    Farzin Amzajerdian (Autor:in) / Glenn D. Hines (Autor:in) / Aram Gragossian (Autor:in) / Nathan A. Dostart (Autor:in) / F. Guy Wilson (Autor:in) / Jacob M. Heppler (Autor:in) / Daniel K. Litton (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    19th International Planetary Probe Workshop ; 2022 ; Santa Clara, CA, US


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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