Landsafe: landing site risk analysis software framework

The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning a Lunar Lander mission in the 2018 timeframe that will demonstrate precise soft landing at the polar regions of the Moon. To ensure a safe and successful landing a careful risk analysis has to be carried out. This is comprised of identifying favorable targ...

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Main Authors: Schmidt, R., Bostelmann, Jonas, Cornet, Y., Heipke, Christian, Philippe, C., Poncelet, N., De Rosa, D., Vandeloise, Y., Shortis, M., Madden, M.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH 2012
Subjects:
Extra-terrestrial
Mapping
Analysis
Visualization
DEM/DTM
Decision Support
Expert System
Planetary
lunar reconnaissance orbiter
ddc:550
Konferenzschrift
Shackleton
South Pole
The Landing
South pole
Online Access:http://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/1123
https://doi.org/10.15488/1099
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Summary:The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning a Lunar Lander mission in the 2018 timeframe that will demonstrate precise soft landing at the polar regions of the Moon. To ensure a safe and successful landing a careful risk analysis has to be carried out. This is comprised of identifying favorable target areas and evaluating the surface conditions in these areas. Features like craters, boulders, steep slopes, rough surfaces and shadow areas have to be identified in order to assess the risk associated to a landing site in terms of a successful touchdown and subsequent surface operation of the lander. In addition, global illumination conditions at the landing site have to be simulated and analyzed. The Landing Site Risk Analysis software framework (LandSAfe) is a system for the analysis, selection and certification of safe landing sites on the lunar surface. LandSAfe generates several data products including high resolution digital terrain models (DTMs), hazard maps, illumination maps, temperature maps and surface reflectance maps which assist the user in evaluating potential landing site candidates. This paper presents the LandSAfe system and describes the methods and products of the different modules. For one candidate landing site on the rim of Shackleton crater at the south pole of the Moon a high resolution DTM is showcased.

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