Standard Recovery Method to Rendezvous Approach Trajectory

Rendezvous docking technology will be necessary for advanced space activities in the early 21st century, such as logistic support service to the International Space Station, exchange of observation sensors or bus equipments, re-supply of fuel or cryogenic liquid, etc. A chaser vehicle will perform r...

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Published inJOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES Vol. 50; no. 578; p. 118
Main Authors Kawano, Isao, Wakabayashi, Yasufumi
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES 2002
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Rendezvous Docking, Approach Trajectory, Guidance Navigation and Control
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Summary:Rendezvous docking technology will be necessary for advanced space activities in the early 21st century, such as logistic support service to the International Space Station, exchange of observation sensors or bus equipments, re-supply of fuel or cryogenic liquid, etc. A chaser vehicle will perform rendezvous along a reference trajectory, which would be pre-planned and well investigated. If the chaser deviate from the reference trajectory for instance because of thruster trouble, it will be required to recover to the reference trajectory as soon as possible. In this paper, we introduce an easy and practical recovery method based on C–W solution of Hill’s equation. We think the recovery method will be applicable for many kinds of rendezvous vehicles.
ISSN:1344-6460
2432-3691
DOI:10.2322/jjsass.50.118