Design of an algorithm for autonomous docking with a freely tumbling target

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5799, Issue , 2005, Pages 123-134

  Nolet, Simon ^a   Kong, Edmund ^a   Miller, David W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous docking; Docking mechanism; FDIR; Flight experiments; Navigation; Proximity operations; Servicing; SPHERES

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS DOCKING; DOCKING MECHANISMS; FDIR; FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS; PROXIMITY OPERATIONS; SERVICING;

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; NAVIGATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; TARGETS;

DOCKING;

EID: 27544511339     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.603178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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