This paper describes the highly autonomous OMV Guidance Navigation and Control system. Emphasis is placed on a key feature of the design, the low thrust guidance algorithm. The two guidance modes, orbit change guidance and rendezvous guidance, are discussed in detail. It is shown how OMV will automatically transfer from its initial orbit to an arbitrary target orbit and reach a specified rendezvous position relative to the target vehicle.


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    Title :

    Automated low-thrust guidance for the orbital maneuvering vehicle


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Annual Rocky Mountain Guidance and Control Conference ; 1988 ; Keystone, CO, United States


    Publication date :

    1988-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English