OPTICAL NAVIGATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CONCEPT FOR THE MOON

Dmitriev Andrey Olegovich, acting Head of Department 500 of NPO Lavochkina JSC, postgraduate student

Abstract

The concept of creating an optical global positioning system on the moon meter accuracy, designed to serve a limited number of subscribers. It was shown that the optimal solution to the problem would be continuous monitoring of the positions of light laser beacons on the lunar surface from the board of the artificial moon satellite equipped with an onboard television camera, as well as from the spacecraft placed at the Lagrange points L1 (and L2) of the Earth – Moon system and equipped with high-resolution optoelectronic devices. The material is the text of a report at the I International Scientific and Practical Conference “Space Philosophy – Space Law – Space Activities: Trinity of Humanity’s Space Breakthrough” (May 23, 2020).

KEYWORDS: global positioning, navigation on the Moon, lighthouse laser light, an optical interferometer.

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