Spanish Company Unveils Lunar Navigation System to Enhance Space Mission Accuracy
#LunarMission #MoonNavigation #SpaceNavigation #spacetechnology #SpainCompany
https://blazetrends.com/spanish-company-unveils-lunar-navigation-system-to-enhance-space-mission-accuracy/?fsp_sid=29465
From Earth to #Mars lasts about 200 days. To safely go from those speeds down to zero in that short amount of time requires “slamming on the brakes”. Successful #aerobraking depends upon precise navigation, knowledge of weather, and a solid understanding of the forces the craft can withstand. https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/programs/mars-exploration/mission-timeline
#Athena came to rest inside a crater, 250m from its intended target. “With the direction of the sun, the orientation of the #solar panels, and extreme cold temperatures in the crater, #IntuitiveMachines does not expect Athena to recharge 🔋”. Issues with Athena’s laser altimeter may have contributed to the bad landing https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-company-says-moon-mission-over-after-landing-sideways-again
#KinetX, founded in 📆 1992, is No. 10 on the list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies 📊 of 📆 2024 https://www.fastcompany.com/91037713/kinetx-most-innovative-companies-2024
20 things to see 📷 on the #Moon https://www.astronomy.com/observing/things-to-see-on-the-moon-an-observers-guide-to-lunar-names/
🧭 #Navigation : #Marble is a virtual globe 🌐 application which allows the user to choose among the #Earth, the #Moon, #Venus, #Mars and other planets 🪐 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(software) | https://marble.kde.org
With the increase in human and #robotic 🤖 exploration, we must provide Position, Navigation 🧭 and Timing ⏱️ services anywhere on the Moon 🌙. We must also enable #wireless communication 📶 https://navlab.stanford.edu/research/LunarPNT
Malapert A is a satellite crater to #Malapert, a 69 km #crater. The #IM1 landing site is about 300 km from the #Moon’s 🌙 south pole. https://www.intuitivemachines.com/_files/ugd/7c27f7_51f84ee63ea744a9b7312d17fefa9606.pdf
Picture: #Marble screenshot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(software)
#SLIM landing explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEZO4jj7v0I
Challenges of #SpaceNavigation : If #Earth were the size of a softball, the #ISS would be orbiting just above the seams, the #Moon would be a #marble about 2 meters away, and #Mars would be 1.2 to 2.4 kilometers away. The targets are small and moving. https://timeandnavigation.si.edu/navigating-space/challenges
Chris Potts compared the target requirements of #landing the #Spirit rover inside a specific #crater on Mars 🔴 to being able to shoot a #basketball 🏀 through a hoop 9000 miles away.
Since there’s no #GPS in outer space, navigators process the radiometric tracking data received from the #DeepSpaceNetwork (#DSN) to determine the #spacecraft’s #position and velocity. They also use optical data, where the spacecraft takes a picture of the star background to help refine the spacecraft’s trajectory https://www.universetoday.com/37934/the-navigators-how-we-fly-spacecraft-around-the-solar-system
When a #spacecraft is launched from #Earth 🌍, its forward #velocity combined with the gravitational pull of Earth cause it to travel in a curved path. As the spacecraft heads toward another #planet 🪐, the #gravitational pull of that planet factors in to the path the spacecraft takes. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/lets-go-to-mars-calculating-launch-windows
The spacecraft departs #Earth 🌍 at a #speed of about 39,600 kph. The trip to #Mars will take about seven months and about 480 million kilometers https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/cruise
The Parkes #RadioTelescope 📡, completed in 📆 1961, received the #Apollo 11 TV 📺 signal in 📆1969 🌙 https://youtu.be/6o38C-ultvw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory
For #interplanetary #spacecraft missions there are meanwhile several #DeepSpace Networks by #NASA 🇺🇸, #China 🇨🇳, #Europe 🇪🇺, #Japan 🇯🇵, #India 🇮🇳 and #Russia 🇷🇺 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Network_(disambiguation)
#Soyuz #spacecraft #GPS used until 2002 with a #globe 🌐 as a display https://youtu.be/dmHaCQ8Ul6E
Blog : https://www.righto.com/2023/01/inside-globus-ink-mechanical-navigation.html
#SpaceNavigation - Don't #panic, it's #mechanic ⚙️ 😋 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/ISS-56_Alexander_Gerst_operates_a_sextant_in_the_Cupola_module.jpg/1280px-ISS-56_Alexander_Gerst_operates_a_sextant_in_the_Cupola_module.jpg
Inside the Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight
(Also resistant to EMP)
https://www.righto.com/2023/01/inside-globus-ink-mechanical-navigation.html
#SpaceNavigation #AtomicRockets #AnalogComputer
Direct-to-#GEO (35,786 km) launches are exceptionally challenging for the #rocket. The upper stage must survive a roughly five-hour 🕔 coast to that apogee. During that coast, the rocket 🚀 must survive passes through both of #Earth’s harsh #radiation belts and maintain perfect control of its orientation and tank #pressures to keep its refined kerosene fuel from #freezing, its cryogenic liquid oxygen (LOx) from #boiling away, and itself from #bursting 💥 as its propellant warms and expands. https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-spectacular-jellyfish/
The keyword hashtag list reached 5️⃣5️⃣ 55 entries :
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What #ispace wants to achieve with the first #private #lunar #rover #landing
▶️ Completion of all #deepspace orbital control #maneuvers before LOI (Lunar #Orbit Insertion)
▶️ Reaching the lunar gravitational field/lunar orbit
▶️ Completion of all orbit control maneuvers in lunar orbit
▶️ Completion of the lunar landing
▶️ Establishment of a steady system state after the lunar landing
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/12/hakuto-r-m1/#more-90110
#SpaceNavigation #SpaceCompany #PrivateSpaceflight #Hakuto #JAXA #Moon #Lander #NASA #LunarFlashlight #Water #UAE #Emirates #Rashid
