A technique for achieving autonomous rendezvous and docking of two orbiting space vehicles is described. Results of a digital computer simulation of the technique are presented and used to evaluate its performance under a wide variety of conditions, including docking with tumbling spacecraft. The interrelationships between initial range, tumbling rates, fuel consumption, and time requirements are explored. Factors which limit performance are identified and beneficial modifications proposed.
Automated Rendezvous and Docking: A Parametric Study
1984
34 pages
Report
No indication
English
Manned Spacecraft , Astronautics , Approach control , Computerized simulation , Guidance (Motion) , Image processing , Spacecraft docking , Visual control , Performance prediction , Angular velocity , Computer graphics , Computer programs , Digital computers , Electromagnetic noise , Fuel consumption , Parameterization , Trajectory analysis
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