Field test implementation to evaluate a flash LIDAR as a primary sensor for safe lunar landing

Author

Keim, Jason A. ; Mobasser, Sohrab ; Kuang, Da ; Cheng, Yang ; Ivanov, Tonislav ; Johnson, Andrew E. ; Goldberg, Hannah R. ; Khanoyan, Garen ; Natzic, David B.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

6-13 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

14

Abstract

From May 2 through May 7 of 2008, the Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT) Exploration Technology Development Program carried out a helicopter field test to assess the use of a flash LIDAR as a primary sensor during lunar landing. The field test data has been used to evaluate the performance of the LIDAR system and of algorithms for LIDAR Hazard Detection and Avoidance, Hazard Relative Navigation, and Passive Optical Terrain Relative Navigation. Reported here is a comprehensive description of the field test hardware, ground infrastructure and trajectory reconstruction methodologies.

Keywords

Moon; aerospace instrumentation; aerospace testing; collision avoidance; hazards; helicopters; instrument landing systems; optical radar; space vehicles; LIDAR hazard detection; autonomous landing; flash LIDAR; hazard avoidance technology; hazard relative navigation; helicopter field test; passive optical terrain relative navigation; safe lunar landing; trajectory reconstruction; Aircraft navigation; Cameras; Global Positioning System; Hazards; Helicopters; Instruments; Laser radar; Moon; Optical sensors; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3887-7

Electronic_ISBN

1095-323X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2010.5447024

Filename

5447024