Lunar Lander
Lunar Lander mmWave Radar Solutions
Lunar landings face the significant challenges of difficult environmental conditions and limited visibility.
Therefore, precise tracking and guidance systems that can accommodate these conditions are essential for success.
Why radar for Lunar Landers?
Challenges for lunar landers include regolith and difficult lighting scenarios, obscuring vision of the landing terrain.
Radar sensors are crucial in navigating and overcoming these specific space challenges.
A suite of sensors provides full coverage, allowing for proactive obstacle avoidance manoeuvres.
Plextek’s mmWave radar improves precision tracking and helps to ensure mission success in lunar landings.
Plextek is a trusted partner of Texas Instruments (TI) for mmWave technology, utilizing a common platform with low size, weight, power consumption, and manufacturing costs (low-SWaP-C) for future space missions. The mmWave radar IP includes high-efficiency antennas, increased gain and sensitivity, and environmental protection and redundancy mechanisms.
The collaboration between TI and Plextek has already been successful for a wide array of applications, including space-based applications. TI has developed high-performance mmWave solutions suitable for a broad range of applications, which Plextek and TI can effectively customize to meet a client’s highly specialized requirements
Yariv Raveh
Vice President and General Manager, Radar Sensors at TI
Technical Paper – Sensing in Space
Explore the cutting-edge technology of mmWave radar and its impact on space missions in our technical paper “Sensing in Space”. Gain insights into safety and efficiency improvements, customization options, and performance optimization. Stay informed about the latest advancements in space technology.
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