In-orbit demonstration of rendezvous laser radar for unmanned autonomous rendezvous docking |
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Authors: | Mokuno M. Kawano I. Suzuki T. |
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Affiliation: | Satellite Applications Center, JAXA, Tsukuba, Japan; |
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Abstract: | The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) performed unmanned autonomous rendezvous docking (RVD) experiments using the Engineering Test Satellite VII (ETS-VII) in 1998 and 1999. In these experiments, a rendezvous laser radar (RVR) was used as the primary navigation sensor during the final approach phase (relative distances from 500 m to 2 m). The RVR functioned properly, and its characteristics, which are measurement accuracy, optical propagation, and acquisition/tracking, satisfied the requirements. The experimental results show that RVR is effective for autonomous rendezvous docking. |
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