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Particularly, JAXA\u2019s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission encounters this problem when identifying safe and scientifically valuable landing sites on Phobos using high-resolution images. A strategic approach in which we effectively reduce image data volumes without compromising essential scientific information is thus required. In this work, we investigate the influence of image data compression, especially as it concerns the accuracy of generating the local Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) that will be used to determine MMX\u2019s landing sites. We obtain simulated images of Phobos that are compressed using the algorithm with integer\/float-point discrete wavelet transform (DWT) defined by the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), which are candidate algorithms for the MMX mission. Accordingly, we show that, if the compression ratio is 70% or lower, the effect of image compression remains constrained, and local DTMs can be generated within altitude errors of 40 cm on the surface of Phobos, which is ideal for selecting safe landing spots. We conclude that the compression ratio can be increased as high as 70%, and such compression enables us to facilitate critical phases in the MMX mission even with the limited downlink rate.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15235500","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,27]],"date-time":"2023-11-27T03:35:06Z","timestamp":1701056106000},"page":"5500","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Optimizing Image Compression Ratio for Generating Highly Accurate Local Digital Terrain Models: Experimental Study for Martian Moons eXploration Mission"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5518-0147","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yuta","family":"Shimizu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Systems Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 1138656, Japan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8013-6124","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hideaki","family":"Miyamoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Systems Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 1138656, Japan"}]},{"given":"Shingo","family":"Kameda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 1718501, Japan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1341","DOI":"10.1126\/science.1125722","article-title":"Detailed images of asteroid 25143 Itokawa from Hayabusa","volume":"312","author":"Saito","year":"2006","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3","DOI":"10.1007\/s11214-017-0377-1","article-title":"Hayabusa2 Mission Overview","volume":"208","author":"Watanabe","year":"2017","journal-title":"Space Sci. 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