Deployment method and optimal placement of surface beacon navigation system for co-located lunar landings

• Published in: Acta Astronautica
• Main Authors: Toldbo, Christina, Kiss, Adam, Törjék, Noel, Vázquez, César A.T., Bényei, Dániel, Therkelsen, Magnus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Navigation; Radio beacons; Lunar landing; Penetrator technology; Thermoelectric generators; Shackleton; South Pole; The Landing; South pole
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/f5293d20-3f3d-4de3-afdf-dfbd8ac7fa32; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.01.003; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/270485688/1_s2.0_S0094576522000030_main.pdf

Lunar Space exploration is currently accelerating and manned and unmanned missions to the Moon are planned by several space agencies and private companies in the coming 5–10 years. The construction of the Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway (LOP-G) and plans to establish a more permanent human presence o...