During 2011 a series of progressively more challenging flight tests of the Mighty Eagle autonomous terrestrial lander testbed were conducted primarily to validate the GNC system for a proposed lunar lander. With the successful completion of this GNC validation objective the opportunity existed to utilize the Mighty Eagle as a flying testbed for a variety of technologies. In 2012 an Autonomous Rendezvous and Capture (AR&C) algorithm was implemented in flight software and demonstrated in a series of flight tests. In 2012 a hazard avoidance system was developed and flight tested on the Mighty Eagle. Additionally, GNC algorithms from Moon Express and a MEMs IMU were tested in 2012. All of the testing described herein was above and beyond the original charter for the Mighty Eagle. In addition to being an excellent testbed for a wide variety of systems the Mighty Eagle also provided a great learning opportunity for many engineers and technicians to work a flight program.


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    Title :

    Flight Testing of Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems on the Mighty Eagle Robotic Lander Testbed


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA SciTech 2015 ; 2015 ; Kissimmee, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-01-05


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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