The Orion relative Navigation System has sought to take advantage of the latest developments in sensor and algorithm technology while living under the constraints of mass, power, volume, and throughput. In particular, the only sensor specifically designed for relative navigation is the Vision Navigation System (VNS), a lidar-based sensor. But it uses the Star Trackers, GPS (when available) and IMUs, which are part of the overall Orion navigation sensor suite, to produce a relative state accurate enough to dock with the ISS. The Orion Relative Navigation System has significantly matured as the program has evolved from the design phase to the flight software implementation phase. With the development of the VNS system and the STORRM flight test of the Orion Relative Navigation hardware, much of the performance of the system will be characterized before the first flight. However challenges abound, not the least of which is the elimination of the RF range and range-rate system, along with the development of the FSW in the Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow environment. This paper will address the features and the rationale for the Orion Relative Navigation design as well as the performance of the FSW in a 6-DOF environment as well as the initial results of the hardware performance from the STORRM flight.


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    Title :

    Orion Relative Navigation Flight Software Analysis and Design


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    Conference:

    AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference ; 2011 ; Portland, OR, United States
    AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference ; 2011 ; Portland, OR, United States
    AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference ; 2011 ; Portland, OR, United States


    Publication date :

    2011-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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