Derivation of closed-form, exact analytical equations governing 3-dimensional relative motion between vehicles executing rendezvous maneuver in specified flight time is presented; vehicular orbits may be either elliptical, parabolic, or hyperbolic; relationship between observed data and relative position and velocity vectors is given; guidance law required at initiation and termination of rendezvous maneuver is established.
Exact closed-form solution to rendezvous problem
Am Astronautical Soc -- Advances Astronautical Sciences
1963
31 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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