Architecture and Functional Model of the Onboard Optical Navigation and Landing System for Spacecraft on Small Solar System Bodies

Aleksandr Lobanov

doi:10.30533/GiA-2026-032

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ARCHITECTURE AND FUNCTIONAL MODEL OF THE ONBOARD OPTICAL NAVIGATION AND LANDING SYSTEM FOR SPACECRAFT ON SMALL SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES Architecture and Functional Model of the Onboard Optical Navigation and Landing System for Spacecraft on Small Solar System Bodies

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Published in Izvestia Vuzov. Geodesy and Aerophotosurveying · Volume 70, Issue 3, 2026 · ELocator: 10 · Rubric: Optical and optoelectronic devices and systems

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30533/GiA-2026-032

Received: 24.03.2026 Accepted: 23.06.2026 Published: 30.06.2026 Language of publication: ru-RU

Authors

Aleksandr Lobanov

Academic degree: candidate of technical sciences

Science rang: docent

MIREA – Russian Technological University Associate Professor · chair of the Instrumental and Applied Software · Russian Federation · MOSCOW

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to develop the architecture and functional model of an optical navigation and guidance system for landing on small bodies of the Solar System. To achieve this goal, an analysis was conducted of known missions to small bodies of the Solar System and promising optoelectronic instruments. Based on this analysis, an optimal set of optoelectronic instruments was identified for the spacecraft’s optical navigation and guidance complex during landing on small bodies of the Solar System. The proposed set enables navigation, guidance, and autonomous selection of a safe landing site for the spacecraft under various lighting conditions. As a result, the required architecture model was created using C4 notation, which describes the interactions among optoelectronic instruments and systems within the spacecraft’s guidance and landing complex. The architecture model was supplemented with a functional model of system interactions in the navigation and guidance complex, represented in BPMN notation. Specific features of using BPMN notation for modeling navigation and guidance processes were identified. The presented scientific results can be utilized for future Solar System exploration missions and to enhance the technology readiness level of the domestic space industry.

KEYWORDS

Architecture model, C4, BPMN, FlashLiDAR, correlation optical direction finder, optical guidance

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Lobanov A. A. Architecture and Functional Model of the Onboard Optical Navigation and Landing System for Spacecraft on Small Solar System Bodies // Izvestia Vuzov. Geodesy and Aerophotosurveying. 2026. no. 3. 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30533/GiA-2026-032. (Date of access 11.11.2026).

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Aleksandr Lobanov. "Architecture and Functional Model of the Onboard Optical Navigation and Landing System for Spacecraft on Small Solar System Bodies." Izvestia Vuzov. Geodesy and Aerophotosurveying 70.3 (2026): 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30533/GiA-2026-032.

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Lobanov A. A. (2026). Architecture and Functional Model of the Onboard Optical Navigation and Landing System for Spacecraft on Small Solar System Bodies. Izvestia Vuzov. Geodesy and Aerophotosurveying, 70(3), 10. https://doi.org/10.30533/GiA-2026-032

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Aleksandr Lobanov. "Architecture and Functional Model of the Onboard Optical Navigation and Landing System for Spacecraft on Small Solar System Bodies." Izvestia Vuzov. Geodesy and Aerophotosurveying 70, no. 3 (2026): 10. https://doi.org/10.30533/GiA-2026-032.

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