VALIDATION OF THE I3DS: SUITE OF SENSORS FOR ORBITAL AND PLANETARY MISSIONS

摘要

The Integrated 3D Sensors (I3DS) project aims at providing future space missions with a multi-purpose suite of sensors, with a standardised interface to the platform and sensing solution that can be customised in terms of sensors and software. I3DS intends to develop a modular suite composed of a central processing element interfaced with the platform, called Instrument Control Unit (ICU), and a collection of sensor building blocks that can be added or removed. In order to make the suite as generic as possible, I3DS sensors have been selected from a wide range of devices suitable for different scenarios. Two main subsets are defined for two different applications: rendezvous with a space robot for servicing, or planetary exploration by an autonomous rover. I3DS sensors suite aims at covering orbital scenarios beyond the rendezvous and capture of a cooperative target spacecraft, like the on-orbit servicing with module replacement & refuelling or the assembly of complex structures, and to explore the limits for challenging missions like the space debris removal. Two main scenarios are foreseen for the planetary use-case with the Mars Sample Return (MSR) and the Lunar Volatiles Prospector (LVP) missions for autonomous sample characterisation.