Pangu utility

PANGU, Planet and Asteroid Natural scene Generation Utility
Developer(s) ESA and University of Dundee
Operating system Windows and Linux


The PANGU (Planet and Asteroid Natural scene Generation Utility) is a computer graphics utility which development has been funded by ESA and performed by University of Dundee. It generates scenes of planets, moons, asteroids, spacecraft and rovers. The main purpose of the tool is to test and validate navigation techniques based on processing of images coming from on-board sensors, such as camera or imaging LIDAR on a planetary lander.

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