The seventh orbital flight of the Space Shuttle had as one of its primary objectives the testing of the vehicle's capability for proximity operations (defined as anytime the Orbiter is within 1000 feet of another satellite). The goals of these tests were to obtain flight data on different techniques for separation from, stationkeeping with, and approach and capture of a free-flying satellite. This included the acquisition of data on technique evaluation as to propellant usage, time required, crew workload, plume disturbance to the payload by the reaction control system, and jet plume impingement. The tests were also to provide data on the rendezvous radar and optical sighting devices performance in this environment. It is concluded that the Orbiter proved to be a very responsive vehicle that ws straightforward to fly in the vicinity of another satellite given the proper experience base with ground simulations.


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    Titel :

    Orbiter operations in close proximity to free-flying satellites or formation flying in space


    Beteiligte:
    Crippen, R. L. (Autor:in) / Hauck, F. H. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1983-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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