Recent advancements of the lidar-based autonomous planetary landing system (LAPS)

International Astronautical Federation - 58th International Astronautical Congress 2007

Volumn 11, Issue , 2007, Pages 7130-7142

  Langley, Chris ^a   Yang, George ^a   Mukherji, Raja ^a   Taylor, Allen ^a   DeLafontaine, Jean ^b   Neveu, David ^b   Lebel, Karina ^b   Lemay, Charles Etienne ^b   Richards, Bob ^c   Tripp, Jeff ^c   Giroud, Claudine ^c  

^a MDA Consulting Limited Canada   (Canada)

^b NGC AEROSPACE LTD   (Canada)

^c Optech Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; LANDING; LUNAR MISSIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOTION COMPENSATION; OPTICAL RADAR; PLANETARY LANDERS; POTENTIOMETRIC SENSORS; SENSORS; TEST FACILITIES; TESTING; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

ACTIVE ILLUMINATIONS; COMPENSATION FUNCTIONS; DESIGN REFERENCE MISSIONS; EXPLORATION MISSIONS; HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATIONS; HAZARD DETECTIONS; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; IN-SITU; MANNED VEHICLES; MARTIAN SURFACES; MOTION SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS; PLANETARY LANDINGS; REAL TIMES; REGION OF INTERESTS; SAFE LANDINGS; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SENSOR SYSTEMS; SITE LOCATIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION.; SUPERVISED AUTONOMIES;

SPACECRAFT LANDING;

EID: 55649088025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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