Space rendezvous and docking (RVD) items to be verified, and verification methods from ground analysis/simulation to in-orbit testing, are listed. Space missions for 1988 to 1993 were reviewed for opportunities to implement elements of the verification plan. A global RVD demonstration mission in low Earth orbit is designed to complete the verification cycle. Platforms EURECA A and EURECA B are designated as target and chaser vehicles, one being retrieved, the other deployed during one flight of the space shuttle. Nearly no in-orbit experiment is necessary before final system demonstration for verification proper. However technology demonstrations in-orbit are of high interest to increase confidence of users and political partners.


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    Titel :

    Rendezvous and Docking Verification (RVDV) and In-Orbit Demonstration, Executive Summary


    Beteiligte:
    H. P. Nguyen (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1987


    Format / Umfang :

    89 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch