Onboard rendezvous navigation for the Space Shuttle
Abstract
The onboard rendezvous navigation software for Shuttle flight 41-C are described. Particular attention is given to the inputs, models, and outputs of the software. The performance of the rendezvous navigation system is compared to predicted performance profiles in connection with the relative vehicle geometry, as well as the location of the navigation sensor tracking arcs. The methods used to process navigational sensor measurements in order to update the state vector are also summarized. A table listing the sources of maneuver targeting errors is provided.
- Publication:
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IN: Institute of Navigation
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985navi.meet...64W
- Keywords:
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- Navigation Aids;
- Rendezvous Spacecraft;
- Space Navigation;
- Space Shuttles;
- Azimuth;
- Communication Satellites;
- Radar;
- Solar Maximum Mission;
- Star Trackers;
- Syncom Satellites;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking