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Autonomous Optical Navigation for Cis-Lunar Spacecraft without GPS
arXiv:2504.05440
NASA GN&C Group, MIT SSL
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Onboard landmark and star-tracker navigation holds kilometer-level accuracy on Earth–Moon transfers without Earth ranging.
Read free explainer →We demonstrate onboard optical navigation using lunar landmarks and star trackers that maintains kilometer-level accuracy throughout cis-lunar transfer without reliance on Earth-based ranging.