Through the ARP program (ATV Rendezvous Predevelopment), ESA will demonstrate European mastering of the critical technologies involved in the achievement of autonomous rendezvous and docking of the future Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to the International Space Station Alpha (ISSA). In the frame of this program, a GPS-based relative navigation system (RGPS) has been developed for use as the primary navigation reference for the long-range proximity operations (12 km to nearly 300 m). The baseline concept relies on a Kalman filter processing the data received simultaneously from two GPS receivers, one on ATV, and one on ISSA. Performance and robustness of the RGPS filter has been demonstrated by high fidelity simulations. Further validation of this RGPS concept has been performed in an open-loop test campaign carried out at ESTEC GPS-Lab (RGPS filter + actual ARP-GPS + NTC GPS stimulator). The next validation step shall be to process flight data obtained from the ARP-GPS during rendez-vous operations of STS 80 / ASTRO-SPAS. The very satisfactory results obtained in the frame of the above RGPS development and validation activities are presented in this paper.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Relative GPS navigation design and validation for ATV rendez-vous


    Additional title:

    GPS-Navigations-Systementwicklung und Validation für den automatisierten Transferbetrieb im Weltraum


    Contributors:
    Marcille, H. (author) / Moreau, G. (author) / Pascal, V. (author)


    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 4 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Relative GPS Navigation Design and Validation for ATV Rendez-Vous

    Marcille, H. / Moreau, G. / Pascal, V. | British Library Online Contents | 1997


    Rendez-vous

    Online Contents | 2011



    A PROPOS - Rendez-vous à Kuala Lumpur Rendez-vous in Kuala Lumpur

    Jean-François, Coste | Online Contents | 1998