Short range visual rendezvous technique (fixed line-of-sight method) could be used by astronaut who has neither radar nor complex electronic equipment for navigation; rendezvous method is analyzed by determining relative motion of astronaut with respect to target, rate of closure, and total impulse expended per unit mass; fixed line-of-sight is compared with 2-impulse and rotating line-of-sight methods; for near earth orbits it is desirable to initiate fixed line-of-sight maneuver from directly behind rather than directly ahead of target.


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    Title :

    Visual rendezvous along field line by nulling apparent drift of star background


    Additional title:

    Am Astronautical Soc -- Advances Astronautical Sciences


    Contributors:
    Novak, D.P. (author)


    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    17 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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