Defining optimal point-to-point transfer surfaces for orbital path-constrained rendezvous
Journal Article: 02/1989;
Abstract
Many scenarios for future orbital operations involve maneuvering in proximity to such large space structures as the Space Station Freedom; in most cases, the accidental contact of a vehicle with such a structure will be dangerous and must be avoided. Classical rendezvous targeting is inadequate for this purpose, because it recognizes no restraint on the path between the point of departure and the desired point of arrival. A computer program has been devised to minimize this susceptibility. Surfaces are found to exist whose penalty is less than that of a sphere, though not markedly less.
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Keywords
accidental contact
Classical rendezvous
computer program
desired point
future orbital operations
large space structures
minimize
scenarios
Space Station Freedom
