![]() An innovative flash imaging LiDAR (active imager), developed by the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microsystems (CSEM).A conventional 2D camera (passive imager).Images will be captured from two main optical sensors: Intelligent algorithmsĪirbus DS has been strongly involved in the design of systems over the last years, with particular focus on applications such as planetary landing and orbital rendezvous, typically in the context of Mars sample return missions.īased on this background and due to the increasing interest in active debris removal (ADR), solutions for autonomous, vision-based navigation for non-cooperative rendezvous have been investigated.ĭedicated image processing and navigation algorithms have been designed at Airbus Defence and Space and INRIA to meet this specific case, and some of them have already been tested over synthetic images and actual pictures of various spacecraft.Īs the next step, the VBN demonstration onboard RemoveDEBRIS will validate vision-based navigation equipment and algorithms, through ground-based processing of actual images acquired in flight, in conditions fully representative of ADR. The VBN camera and Lidar (produced between Airbus DS, CSEM and Inria) then collect data and send it via the platform back to the ground for processing. ![]() ![]() In this vision-based navigation (VBN) experiment, the second CubeSat (produced by Surrey Space Centre), DS-2, is ejected by the platform at very low velocity.
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