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GRC Lunar Site Analysis Software Version 2

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About this technology

Overview

This software involves a set of analysis functions that can be used to assess lunar landing site solar illumination and communication availability using lunar terrain masks of the LOLA-derived terrain data to model terrain-based blockage. It is an update to a 2023 software, adding new interface aspects to simplify and enhance the user experience, and has an updated and run-time optimized algorithm for calculating terrain masks.