Strategic, Stressing autoNGC Applications

Completed TRL 4 (started at 3, targeting 4)

Description

The primary objectives of this task are to develop stressing use cases and identify the implications for key onboard guidance, navigation, and control interfaces and components to aide system generality and applicability to broad NASA use cases.

Benefits

Onboard, autonomous GN&C is a game changing technology that enables new missions and campaigns (opportunistic science, hazard avoidance) and essential cost savings when GN&C solutions must scale to formations and constellations.

Details

Technology area	GN&C
Program	Center Independent Research & Development: GSFC IRAD (GSFC IRAD)
Lead organization	Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Start date	2020-10-01
End date	2021-09-30

Project contacts

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Kendall D Mauldin — kendall.d.mauldin@nasa.gov
Lavida D Cooper — lavida.d.cooper@nasa.gov
Steven P Hughes — steven.p.hughes@nasa.gov
Robert E Pritchett — robert.e.pritchett@nasa.gov
Sun H Hur-diaz — sun.h.hur-diaz@nasa.gov

How to get involved

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