Autonomous Optical Lunar NavigationThe performance of optical autonomous navigation is investigated for low lunar orbits and for high elliptical lunar orbits. Various options for employing the camera measurements are presented and compared. Strategies for improving navigation performance are developed and applied to the Orion vehicle lunar mission
Document ID
20090007751
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Zanetti, Renato (Draper (Charles Stark) Lab., Inc. Houston, TX, United States)
Crouse, Brian (Draper (Charles Stark) Lab., Inc. Houston, TX, United States)
D'souza, Chris (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)