The rendezvous targeting techniques that can be utilized to achieve autonomous guidance for delivering a cargo to Space Station Freedom (SSF) using the National Launch System's (NLS) Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle (HLLV) and the on-orbit Cargo Transfer Vehicle (CTV) are described. This capability is made possible by advancements in autonomous navigation (Global Positioning System - GPS) on-board the CTV and SSF as well as the new generation flight computers. How the HLLV launch window can be decoupled from the CTV phasing window is described. The performance trades that have to be made to determine the length of the launch window and the phasing window between the CTV and SSF are identified and recommendations made that affect mission timelines.


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    Title :

    Autonomous Rendezvous Targeting Techniques for National Launch System Application


    Contributors:
    J. J. Lomas (author) / A. W. Deaton (author)

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    1 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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