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A Terminal Descent Sensor Trade Study Overview for the Orion Landing and Recovery SystemThis trade study was conducted as a part of the Orion Landing System Advanced Development Project to determine possible Terminal Descent Sensor (TDS) architectures that could be used for a rocket assisted landing system. Several technologies were considered for the Orion TDS including radar, lidar, GPS applications, mechanical sensors, and gamma ray altimetry.
Document ID
20110007184
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/41702
Authors
Dunn, Catherine (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Prakash, Ravi (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
March 6, 2008
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
IEEEAC Paper 2038
Meeting Information
Meeting: IEEE Aerospace Conference
Location: Big Sky, MT
Country: United States
Start Date: March 6, 2008
End Date: March 13, 2008
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
lidar
sensor
Orion
radar
landing
GPS

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