INTEGRATED PLANETARY NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

The Aurora Programme [1] represents the European long-term strategy for the robotic and human exploration of the solar system. In this frame, DEIMOS Space is leading under ESA contract the Feasibility Study for a Reduced Planetary Navigation and Communication System (PLANCOM), which aims at defining a feasible local communication and navigation infrastructure for future Mars and Moon exploration mission using an integrated, flexibly and low-cost approach. The project activities, including the proposed integrated communications and navigation signal covering all requirements for human, robotic, surface assets, and orbit vehicles in a planetary environment (in the context of this paper, "planetary" refers to Mars and Moon), are presented in this paper.