RendezVous sensor for automatic guidance of transfer vehicles to ISS concept of the operational modes depending on actual optical and geometrical-dynamical conditions

Bettina G. U. Moebius; Karl-Hermann Kolk

doi:10.1117/12.405356

26 October 2000 RendezVous sensor for automatic guidance of transfer vehicles to ISS concept of the operational modes depending on actual optical and geometrical-dynamical conditions

Bettina G. U. Moebius, Karl-Hermann Kolk

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Proceedings Volume 4134, Photonics for Space Environments VII; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405356
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Based on an ATV RendezVous Predevelopment Program initiated by ESTEC, an automatically operating Rendez Vous Sensor has been developed. The sensor--a Scanning Tele-Goniometer--shall guide docking and retreat of the European Automatic Transfer Vehicle as well as berthing and retreat of the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle. The sensor performance will be strongly connected with the properties of cooperative targets, consisting of an arrangement of retro reflectors mounted on ISS each.

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Bettina G. U. Moebius and Karl-Hermann Kolk "RendezVous sensor for automatic guidance of transfer vehicles to ISS concept of the operational modes depending on actual optical and geometrical-dynamical conditions", Proc. SPIE 4134, Photonics for Space Environments VII, (26 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405356

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