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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2021, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 108-117

Stand for testing the technology of autonomous near-planet navigation

G.A. Avanesov 1 , B.S. Zhukov 1 , P.S. Smetanin 1 
1 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 28.05.2021
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2021-18-3-108-117
Approaching the planets and small bodies of the solar system, as well as landing on them, require the use of methods and means of autonomous navigation of spacecraft. The stand being developed at the IKI RAN is designed to simulate the conditions for observing stars, the Earth and the Moon by television cameras that are part of the autonomous near-planet navigation system on the Earth – Moon – Earth flight path. The stand consists of several computers and displays, on which, with the help of a specially developed Generation program, images of stars, the Earth and the Moon are reproduced in scale and aspect corresponding to the position of the spacecraft on the flight path. The facilities of the stand make it possible to simulate the observation conditions of both planets in all flight phases, including landing on the lunar surface. The Hipparcos catalog of stars, LOLA topographic models of the Moon, as well as space imagery of the Earth are used to form images. The stand includes the means of processing data obtained by the devices of the autonomous optical navigation system, as well as Arbiter program, which makes it possible to evaluate the accuracy of navigation measurements by comparing the parameters set by the stand and measured by the navigation system. Examples of images obtained at the stand and the results of navigation measurements performed on them using the planet’s horizon and control points on its surface are given.
Keywords: star catalogue, ground control points, horizon, orientation, optical navigation, star tracker, mathematical model, inertial space
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