Study on visual based navigation algorithm for active debris removal missions
Daichi Morita, Hirotaka Watase, Tatsuya Maruyama, Koichi Shibasaki, Toru Yamamoto, Naomi Murakami, Y. Nakajima, 大地 森田, 大貴 渡瀬, 辰也 丸山, 浩一 柴﨑, 透 山元, 尚美 村上, 悠 中島 · JAXA Repository (JAXA) · 2019
In recent years, a growth of space debris is recognized as a significant problem. As a one of the solutions of above problem, Active Debris removal (ADR) using debris removal satellites have been attracted attention. For the phase of approaching debris, there is a problem with the method of measuring the relative distance between debris which is non-cooperative target and the satellite. Therefore, Method for measuring the relative distance with the debris using a visible light camera is studied. First, image based navigation algorithm is prototyped, which is adapted to range from 1 km to 30 m. Then, the algorithm is evaluated using JAXA's optical simulator that simulate approach trajectory and light environment of space. It shows good performance and low calculation cost, result of the execution on single board computer. This paper presents about these results.