FUTURE (Fully aUtonomous feaTUre Recognition planetary Explorer)

Name FUTURE (Fully aUtonomous feaTUre Recognition planetary Explorer)
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Status not launched, expected in 2025
Organisation Politecnico di Milano
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Nation Italy
Operator In-house?
Partners Politecnico di Milano, ASI, Tyvak International, Altec, Tyvak
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Technology demonstrator for optical navigation in LEO.

Description

FUTURE will be a technology demonstrator for optical navigation in LEO. It will exploit features extracted from Earth, Moon images, and planetary triangulation to obtain knowledge on its own position. The results will be validated through GPS information, and may be used also for applications beyond Earth orbits.

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Last modified: 2023-06-03
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