Satellite systems and methods to perform rendezvous between a servicer satellite and an on-orbit satellite, and specifically to satellite systems and methods to perform rendezvous between a servicer satellite and an on-orbit client satellite using electric propulsion thrusters. In one aspect, a servicer satellite fires thrusters to reduce a separation distance between the servicer satellite and the client satellite and to remove an angular momentum or a rotational velocity of the servicer satellite, and fires thrusters to reduce a rate of closure between the servicer satellite and the client satellite and to remove the angular momentum or the rotational velocity of the servicer satellite.
SATELLITE FOR RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING USING ELECTRIC PROPULSION THRUSTERS
SATELLIT FÜR RENDEZVOUS UND ANDOCKEN MIT ELEKTRISCHEN TRIEBWERKEN
SATELLITE POUR RENDEZ-VOUS ET AMARRAGE À L'AIDE DE PROPULSEURS À PROPULSION ÉLECTRIQUE
2025-04-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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