Laboratory experimentation of autonomous spacecraft approach and docking to a collaborative target

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 164-173

  Romano, Marcello ^a,b,c   Friedman, David A ^a,d   Shay, Tracy J ^a,e  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering Department   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d USAF   (United States)

^e Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SIMULATORS;

AUTONOMOUS PROXIMITY MANEUVER; CHASER SIMULATOR; RELATIVE NAVIGATION; SINGLE-CAMERA VISION;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33947219036     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.22092     Document Type: Article

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