Abstract Strategies for rendezvous on high eccentric orbits, such as the geostationary transfer orbit, are discussed and simulation results are presented. The overall rendezvous procedure is subdivided into following phases: —Guided phase: ground controlled “phasing” strategy; relative distance reduction from tenthousands of kilometers down to the order of 500 km (acquisition range). —Homing phase: autonomously controlled transfer, range reduction down to the order of 5 km. —Final approach: autonomously controlled trajectory according channel guidance of proportional navigation. Range reduction down to the order of 10 m. —Docking: autonomously controlled trajectory up to physical contact.


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    Title :

    Strategies and schemes for rendezvous on geostationary transfer orbit


    Contributors:
    Wolfsberger, W. (author) / Weiß, J. (author) / Rangnitt, D. (author)

    Published in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 10 , 8 ; 527-538


    Publication date :

    1983-02-16


    Size :

    12 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English