Future human exploration missions and commercial opportunities will be enabled through In-space assembly and satellite servicing. Several recent efforts have developed technologies and capabilities to support these exciting future missions, including advances in flight dynamics and Guidance, Navigation and Control. The Space Shuttle has demonstrated significant capabilities for crewed servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). Following the Columbia disaster NASA made significant progress in developing a robotic mission to service the HST. The DARPA Orbital Express mission demonstrated automated rendezvous and capture, In-space propellant transfer, and commodity replacement. This paper will provide a summary of the recent technology developments and lessons learned, and provide a focus for potential future missions.


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    Title :

    Flight Dynamics and GN&C for Spacecraft Servicing Missions


    Contributors:
    Naasz, Bo (author) / Zimpfer, Doug (author) / Barrington, Ray (author) / Mulder, Tom (author)

    Conference:

    AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2010 ; Toronto, Ontario, Canada


    Publication date :

    2010-08-02


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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