AstroVision, Lunar Optical Navigation, Demonstrated at Space Symposium

NovaMoon: A New Paradigm in Lunar Exploration - Inside GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design

Slated for 2031, the NovaMoon lunar in-orbit demonstrator and reference station will provide a lunar-based local differential, geodetic and timing station to enhance the accuracy of lunar PNT services to sub-meter levels across the South Pole. AVIER VENTURA-TRAVESET, EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA),  RICHARD D. SWINDEN, FLOOR T. MELMAN,  DIMITRIOS V. PSYCHAS, YOANN AUDET, ESA’S EUROPEAN SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE (ESTEC) The renewed intere…

AstroVision, Lunar Optical Navigation, Demonstrated at Space Symposium

Technology that contributed to the success of the Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 (BGM1) landing at Mare Crisium has been on display at Space Symposium this week. Space-ng optical navigation software provided terrain relative navigation, hazard detection, and attitude determination from lunar orbit to the surface."Optical navigation is critical in situations where you need precise maneuvering and a GPS signal is not available." Will Coogan, Fir…