An automated rendezvous approach has been developed that utilizes advances in technology to reduce real-time/near real-time flight operations support personnel to an acceptable level that is near the minimum without jeopardizing the success of the mission. The on-board flight targeting uses a rule-based system to select the pursuit vehicle phasing orbits and uses precise navigation updates from the pursuit/target spacecraft made possible by the global positioning system receivers/processors on both spacecraft to adjust the phasing orbits and achieve rendezvous. The ascent-to-orbit targeting for the pursuit vehicle has been successfully decoupled from the on-orbit orbit transfer phasing targeting. Typical launch window data have been developed for the heavy lift launch vehicle and cargo transfer vehicle for a Space Station Freedom rendezvous mission.


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    Title :

    Plan for Spacecraft Automated Rendezvous


    Contributors:
    A. W. Deaton (author) / J. J. Lomas (author) / L. D. Mullins (author)

    Publication date :

    1992


    Size :

    64 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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