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Technology Transfer Opportunity: 3D Lidar for Autonomous Landing Site Selection (GSC-TOPS-353) RFP

Description: Next generation autonomous planetary exploration missions require advanced sensing capabilities for choosing proper landing areas for the vehicles. Current tools do not have the capability to allow vehicles outside the range of terrestrial control to autonomously perform safe landing operations. The Ocellus 3D lidar developed by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is a lightweight, small-footprint 3D lidar system for planetary and lunar exploration. The new 3D lidar can perform both altimetry (or range-finding) measurements from high altitudes and, at lower altitudes, terrain mapping and imaging. See outside link.

Buyer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal · DC, US
Released: Aug 11, 2026
Closes: Aug 11, 2027(363 days left)

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