The feasibility of using a microsatellite to accomplish an orbital rendezvous with a noncooperative target was evaluated. This study focused on identifying and further exploring the technical challenges involved in achieving a noncooperative rendezvous. A system engineering analysis and review of past research quickly led to a concentration on the guidance, navigation, and control elements of the microsatellite operation. The integration of control and orbit determination algorithms was investigated. A simple yet robust solution could not be found to meet reasonable rendezvous criteria, using essentially off-the- shelf technology and algorithms. System feasibility has been assessed to have a low probability in the very near term.
Systems-Level Feasibility Analysis of a Microsatellite Rendezvous with Non-Cooperative Targets
2004
115 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Atmospheric Rendezvous Feasibility Study
NTIS | 1972
|Atmospheric rendezvous feasibility study
NTRS | 1972
|Atmospheric rendezvous feasibility study
TIBKAT | 1972
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