Shuttle to Space Station docking has become an important issue in the last few years. Docking sensors have been proposed that will provide the high precision measurements required for the fuel efficient rendezvous and docking of space vehicles. These sensors also will be used for satellite servicing and orbital assembly. The performance of the docking sensors must be tested before they are implemented in a space environment. A 6-DOF test facility was developed at the Tracking and Communications Section, JSC, to test the static and dynamic accuracies of docking sensors. A candidate sensor is evaluated by comparing the sensor's static position and velocity measurements to the more accurate 6-DOF system.
Six-Degree-of-Freedom Test Facility (Abstract Only)
1991
1 pages
Report
No indication
English
Space Launch Vehicles & Support Equipment , Navigation & Guidance System Components , Spacecraft docking , Test facilities , Degrees of freedom , Orbital rendezvous , Precision , Space shuttles , Space station freedom , Aerospace environments , Orbital assembly , Spacecraft maintenance , Velocity measurement , Sensors , Six degrees of freedom
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