To support a wide variety of lunar missions in a condensed regime, solutions are needed outside of the use of Earth-based orbit determination. This research presents an alternate approach to in-situ navigation through the use of beacons, similar to that used on Earth as well as under technology development efforts. An overview of the current state of navigation aids included as well as discussion of the Lunar Node – 1 payload being built at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center. Expected navigation results of this beacon payload for planned operation from the lunar surface are provided. Applications of navigation beacons to multiple stages of the proposed human lunar landing architecture are given, with initial analysis showing performance gains from the use of this technology. This work provides a starting point for continued analysis and design, laying out the foundation of how navigation beacons can be incorporated into the architecture to enable continued analysis, design, and future expanded capability.


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    Title :

    Use of Navigation Beacons to Support Lunar Vehicle Operations


    Contributors:
    E. Anzalone (author) / A. Iyer (author) / T. Statham (author)

    Publication date :

    2020


    Size :

    13 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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