Light weight sensors for the autonomous asteroid landing of MUSES-C mission

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 52, Issue 2-6, 2003, Pages 381-388

  Hashimoto, Tatsuaki ^a   Kubota, Takashi ^a   Mizuno, Takahide ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Autonomous landing; Light weight; MUSES C

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SENSORS; SOLAR CELLS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; SPACECRAFT LANDING;

ASTEROID LANDING;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0037244105     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00178-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/enterP/missions/muses-c/index.html.
2. J. Kawaguchi, K. Uesugi, A. Fujiwara, H. Saitoh, The MUSES-C mission description and its status, Third IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions, Pasadena, USA, IAA-L-98-0505, 1998.
3. T. Kubota, et al., Navigation, guidance and control of asteroid sample return spacecraft: MUSES-C, 4th ESA International Conference on Spacecraft GNC Systems, Nordwijk, The Netherlands, 1999.