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Artificial Intelligence for Terrain relative Navigation in Unknown Environment (ATENA)
Mon, 07/25/2022 - 12:26

Start Date:
2021
Programme:
Discovery
End Date:
2022
Programme Reference:
20-D-O-TEC-01
Country:
Spain
Contractor:
GMV
Status:
Closed
Description:
Space missions benefit greatly by the capability of the on-board GNC system to adapt rapidly to unknown environment. Autonomous vision-based navigation is a particular technology under implementation in several ESA missions. One of the most interesting applications in that field is the proximity operations around a small asteroid, like those in HERA.
The goal of this activity was to develop a navigation algorithm with the capability to fly over an unknown terrain and achieve better navigation performances than current vision-based techniques based on unknown feature tracking.
Application Domain:
Exploration
Technology Domain:
13 - Automation, Telepresence & Robotics
10 - Flight Dynamics and GNSS
9 - Mission Operation and Ground Data Systems
1 - On-board Data Subsystems
5 - Space System Control
Competence Domain:
3-Avionic Systems
6-Life & Physical Science Payloads, Life Support, Robotics & Automation
8-Ground Systems and Mission Operations
Keywords:
Automation
autonomous navigation
Asteroid
HERA
Artificial intelligence
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