Exploring a valley and caves on Mars, searching for life: These are the goals of the German research initiative VaMEx. The Professorship for Space Technology at the University of Würzburg is involved.
moreVaMEx3-MarsSymphony
Project Overview
The VaMEx3-MarsSymphony project aims to demonstrate a complete radio link for satellite communication with non-line-of-sight rovers for the exploration of Valles Marineris.
The project is part of the VaMEx initiative at DLR.
Project Start: 1st August 2024
End: 31st July 2026
Funding Code (FKZ): 50RK2451A
Contact:
- Clemens Riegler (Project Manager)
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hakan Kayal
In the context of VaMEx3, the MarsSymphony project aims to simulate a realistic exploration scenario for Mars, in which a ground-based rover is used in a realistic analog mission for cave exploration. The overall objectives of the project include the development and implementation of innovative communication technologies, in particular the integration of a stationary gateway to demonstrate and test solutions for challenges in non-line-of-sight (nLOS) communication between a rover and the space segment. The integration of a camera system for sky observation on the gateway represents an important development step towards a detection system for short-term phenomena in the Martian atmosphere and for research into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). At the same time, the performance of the gateway's scheduling algorithms can be comprehensively demonstrated with this payload. A network of distributed sensors also contributes to increasing the scientific benefit. This network is carried to the ground by autorotation. As part of the field test scenario, the technologies will be tested under real conditions in order to gain insights for future space missions and advance the possibilities of interplanetary exploration.
Open theses in the research project VaMEx3-MarsSymphony
MA/BA/PA: Modular Measurement Platform for Autorotation Simulation Validation
Design and Implementation of an Autorotation System (AuRo-System) equipped with sensors to gather flight data. The AuRo-System will be deployed by a drone and fall to the ground. During this phase attached sensors shall gather flight performance data. This data will be compared against results of an already existing Autorotation Model and Simulation. The platform shall be versatile w.r.t. blade length, number of blades, system mass among others.
Start: anytime
Language: English
Contakt: clemens.riegler@uni-wuerzburg.de
