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Flight Testing of Terrain-Relative Navigation and Large-Divert Guidance on a VTVL RocketSince 2011, the Autonomous Descent and Ascent Powered-Flight Testbed (ADAPT) has been used to demonstrate advanced descent and landing technologies onboard the Masten Space Systems (MSS) Xombie vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing suborbital rocket. The current instantiation of ADAPT is a stand-alone payload comprising sensing and avionics for terrain-relative navigation and fuel-optimal onboard planning of large divert trajectories, thus providing complete pin-point landing capabilities needed for planetary landers. To this end, ADAPT combines two technologies developed at JPL, the Lander Vision System (LVS), and the Guidance for Fuel Optimal Large Diverts (G-FOLD) software. This paper describes the integration and testing of LVS and G-FOLD in the ADAPT payload, culminating in two successful free flight demonstrations on the Xombie vehicle conducted in December 2014.
Document ID
20170008233
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Trawny, Nikolas
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Benito, Joel
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Tweddle, Brent
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bergh, Charles F.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Khanoyan, Garen
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Vaughan, Geoffrey M.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Zheng, Jason X.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Villalpando, Carlos Y.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Cheng, Yang
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Scharf, Daniel P.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Fisher, Charles D.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Sulzen, Phoebe M.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Montgomery, James F.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Johnson, Andrew E.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Aung, MiMi
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Regehr, Martin W.
(Christie, Parker and Hale, LLP Pasadena, CA, United States)
Dueri, Daniel
(Texas Univ. Austin, TX, United States)
Acikmese, Behcet
(Texas Univ. Austin, TX, United States)
Masten, David
(Masten Space Systems, Inc. Mojave, CA, United States)
O'Neal, Travis
(Masten Space Systems, Inc. Mojave, CA, United States)
Nietfeld, Scott
(Masten Space Systems, Inc. Mojave, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 1, 2017
Publication Date
August 31, 2015
Subject Category
Avionics And Aircraft Instrumentation
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Meeting Information
Meeting: Annual AIAA Space Conference & Exposition 2015
Location: Pasadena, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: August 31, 2015
End Date: September 2, 2015
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
ADAPT
G-FOLD
LVS
test flight
precision landing

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