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Dropship offers safe landings for Mars rovers - uses SF02/F laser as altimeter

Laser DeveloperLaser Developer Posts: 140
edited 2014-07-03 21:07 in General Discussion
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http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2014/07/Dropship_offers_safe_landings_for_Mars_rovers


Published on Jul 2, 2014
The dramatic conclusion to ESA's latest StarTiger project: a 'dropship' quadcopter steers itself to lower a rover gently onto a safe patch of the rocky martian surface. StarTiger's Dropter project was tasked with developing and demonstrating a European precision-landing capability for Mars and other targets.
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