This paper discusses the development of a new class of US Space Shuttle rendezvous missions which involve a maneuvering target vehicle. The objective of the analysis was to develop an operational plan to take advantage of the target spacecraft's maneuvering ability by making it responsible for a portion of the maneuvers necessary to achieve rendezvous. This work resulted in the development of a region in space relative to the Shuttle, called the control box, into which the target vehicle maneuvers. Furthermore, a mission operations plan was developed to implement the control box technique.
Development of a cooperative operational rendezvous plan for Eureca and other maneuvering Shuttle payloads
1987-10-01
Conference paper
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English
Orbit prediction and shuttle rendezvous strategy for eureca
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AIAA | 1968
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AIAA | 1968
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