Enceladus explorer - A maneuverable subsurface probe for autonomous navigation through deep ice

Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 1756-1766

  Dachwald, Bernd ^a   Feldmann, Marco ^a   Espe, Clemens ^a   Plescher, Engelbert ^a   Konstantinidis, Konstantinos ^b   Forstner, Roger ^b  

^a AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; ENCELADUS; ICE MELTING; IN-SITU ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE;

LABORATORIES; PROBES;

ICE;

EID: 84883529580     PISSN: 00741795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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