Approach andCapture for Autonomous Rendezvous andDocking
Lockheed Martin · 2008
A studyhasbeenperformed tocapture and catalog thevarious methods currently employed foronorbit rendezvous, proximity operations anddocking. Theresults ofthestudy presented inthis paper focus particularly onthe capture envelope performances forbothactive andpassive vehicles andstacks ofvarying masses. Benefits and challenges toeachmethod arediscussed aswellascurrent Internal Research andDevelopment (IRAD)efforts being performed byLockheed Martin. 12