LUMIO: achieving autonomous operations for Lunar exploration with a CubeSat

Speretta, Stefano; Topputo, Francesco; Biggs, James D.; Lizia, P. Di; Massari, Mauro; Mani, Karthik V.; Tos, D. Dei; Ceccherini, Simone; Franzese, V.; Cervone, Angelo; Sundaramoorthy, Prem; Noomen, R.; Mestry, Samiksha; Cipriano, A.; Ivanov, A. B.; Labate, Demetrio; Tommasi, L.; Jochemsen, Arnoud; Gailis, Jãnis; Furfaro, Roberto; Reddy, V.; Vennekens, J.; Walker, Roger

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“…Thereafter, out of the final selection, only two missions, Juventas and MILANI, have been selected for implementations [37]. In addition, four CubeSats, LUMIO [38], MoonCARE [39], CLE [40] and VMMO [41], concept studies were selected for the LUCE mission among several other concepts. Lastly, a stand-alone deep space CubeSat called M-ARGO (shown in Fig.…”

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Autonomous navigation for deep space small satellites: Scientific and technological advances

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In recent years, there is a growing interest in small satellites for deep space exploration. The current approach for planetary navigation is based on ground-based radiometric tracking. A new era of low-cost small satellites for space exploration will require autonomous deep space navigation. This will decrease the reliance on groundbased tracking and provide a substantial reduction in operational costs because of crowded communication networks. In addition, it will be an enabler for future missions currently impossible. This review investigates available deep space navigation methods from an autonomy perspective, considering trends in proposed deep space small satellite missions. Autonomous crosslink radiometric navigation, which is one of the best methods for small satellites due to its simplicity and the use of existing technologies, is studied, including available measurement methods, enabling technologies, and applicability to the currently proposed missions. The main objective of this study is to fill the gap in the scientific literature on the autonomous deep space navigation methods, deeply for crosslink radiometric navigation and to aim at showing the potential advantages that this technique could offer to the missions being analyzed. In this study, a total of 64 proposed deep space small satellite missions have been analyzed found from a variety of sources including journal papers, conference proceedings, and mission websites. In those missions, the most popular destinations are found to be cislunar space and small bodies with the purpose of surface mapping and characterization. Even though various autonomous navigation methods have been proposed for those missions, most of them have planned to use the traditional ground-based radiometric tracking for navigation purposes. This study also shows that more than half of the missions can benefit from the crosslink radiometric navigation through the inter-satellite link.

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“…Planovi za intenzivnu upotrebu kjub satelita ne zaostaju ni kada je u pitanju budućnost istraživanja Meseca za šta već postoji nekoliko projekata u poodmakloj fazi [9,10]. Veliki spektar mogućnosti koje nude kjub sateliti potvrđuje i planirana misija SpectroCube čije lansirsnje se očekuje tokom 2020. godine.…”

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Cube satellites: A star gate for small countries

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Začetak komercijalizacije kosmičkog prostora početkom 21. veka, kao i briljantna ideja o razvoju standardizovane klase satelita doneli su mogućnost da se u svemirski klub, koji su do tada činile isključivo najveće naučne i tehnološke sile, proširi ulaskom zemalja koje nemaju resurse za direktan pristup kosmičkom prostoru. Na ovaj način su akademske institucije iz zemalja u razvoju i tranziciji dobile priliku da prošire svoje edukativne i istraživačke kapacitete uz minimalne troškove, pa čak i da participiraju u veoma ambicioznim misijama koje prevazilaze orbitalni prostor oko naše planete. Dalji razvoj ovog tržišta, kao i sve veći broj pristupačnih programa koji nude velike svemirske agencije vodi nastavku dosadašnjeg eksponencijalnog rasta participacije ovih zemalja u budućim svemirskim projektima, sto će posledično dovesti do dramatičnog rasta njihovog naučnog i tehnološkog nivoa.

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“…LUMIO was one of the four competitive proposals selected for the ESA SysNova LUCE [1] study, which was aimed at identifying a viable low-cost concept using nanosatellites or CubeSats for interplanetary exploration. The LUCE call was, in particular, aimed at technology demonstration and the exploration of the Moon.…”

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“…as they have never flown without a direct link to Earth. This chapter was derived from a paper the authors delivered at the SpaceOps 2018 conference [1].…”

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LUMIO: An Autonomous CubeSat for Lunar Exploration

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The Lunar Meteoroid Impact Observer (LUMIO) is one of the four projects selected within ESA's SysNova competition to develop a small satellite for scientific and technology demonstration purposes to be deployed by a mothership around the Moon. The mission utilizes a 12U form-factor CubeSat which carries the LUMIO-Cam, an optical instrument capable of detecting light flashes in the visible spectrum to continuously monitor and process the meteoroids impacts. In this chapter, we will describe the mission concept and focus on the performance of a novel navigation concept using Moon images taken as byproduct of the LUMIO-Cam operations. This new approach will considerably limit the operations burden on ground, aiming at autonomous orbit-attitude navigation and control. Furthermore, an efficient and autonomous strategy for collection, processing, categorization, and storage of payload data is also described to cope with the limited contact time and downlink bandwidth. Since all communications have to go via a lunar orbiter, all commands and telemetry/data will have to be forwarded to/from the mothership. This will prevent quasi-real-time operations and will be the first time for CubeSats

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LUMIO: achieving autonomous operations for Lunar exploration with a CubeSat

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Autonomous navigation for deep space small satellites: Scientific and technological advances

Autonomous navigation for deep space small satellites: Scientific and technological advances

Cube satellites: A star gate for small countries

LUMIO: An Autonomous CubeSat for Lunar Exploration

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