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ArticleThe journal of the astronautical sciences2024

LONEStar: The Lunar Flashlight Optical Navigation Experiment.

Michael Krause, Ava Thrasher, Priyal Soni, Liam Smego, Reuben Isaac, Jennifer Nolan, Micah Pledger, E Glenn Lightsey, W Jud Ready, John Christian

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Michael Krause *Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA.
Ava ThrasherGuggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA.
Priyal SoniGuggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA.
Liam SmegoGuggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA.
Reuben IsaacGuggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA.
Jennifer NolanGuggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA.
Micah PledgerGuggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA.
E Glenn LightseyGuggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA.
W Jud ReadyGeorgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA.
John Christian *Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9522-5784

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Abstract

This paper documents the results from the highly successful Lunar flashlight Optical Navigation Experiment with a Star tracker (LONEStar). Launched in December 2022, Lunar Flashlight (LF) was a NASA-funded technology demonstration mission. After a propulsion system anomaly prevented capture in lunar orbit, LF was ejected from the Earth-Moon system and into heliocentric space. NASA subsequently transferred ownership of LF to Georgia Tech to conduct an unfunded extended mission to demonstrate further advanced technology objectives, including LONEStar. From August to December 2023, the LONEStar team performed on-orbit calibration of the optical instrument and a number of different OPNAV experiments. This campaign included the processing of nearly 400 images of star fields, Earth and Moon, and four other planets (Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn). LONEStar provided the first on-orbit demonstrations of heliocentric navigation using only optical observations of planets. Of special note is the successful in-flight demonstration of (1) instantaneous triangulation with simultaneous sightings of two planets with the LOST algorithm and (2) dynamic triangulation with sequential sightings of multiple planets.

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Image processingOptical navigationSpacecraft operationsSpace explorationTriangulation

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PMID39021366
PMCPMC11249573

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