The Advanced Video Guidance Sensor (AVGS) was the primary docking sensor for the Orbital Express mission. The sensor performed extremely well during the mission, and the technology has been proven on orbit in other flights too. Parts obsolescence issues prevented the construction of more AVGS units, so the next generation of sensor was designed with current parts and updated to support future programs. The Next Generation Advanced Video Guidance Sensor (NGAVGS) has been tested as a breadboard, two different brassboard units, and a prototype. The testing revealed further improvements that could be made and demonstrated capability beyond that ever demonstrated by the sensor on orbit. This paper presents some of the sensor history, parts obsolescence issues, radiation concerns, and software improvements to the NGAVGS. In addition, some of the testing and test results are presented. The NGAVGS has shown that it will meet the general requirements for any space proximity operations or docking need.


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    Title :

    Next Generation Advanced Video Guidance Sensor Development and Test


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    32nd Annual AAS Guidance and Control Conference ; 2009 ; Breckenridge, CO, United States


    Publication date :

    2009-01-30


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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