Control of an autonomous spacecraft rendezvous and docking maneuver by means of image processing
Abstract
The design concept and predicted performance of a spacecraft rendezvous and docking (RVD) control are discussed and illustrated with drawings and diagrams. The RVD system is based on a video tracking system for ship maneuvers at offshore oil-drilling platforms. The operation of the ship system is described; the demands imposed by the RVD mission are outlined; the hardware design (a CCD video camera with 512 x 512-pixel format and field of view switchable among 500, 133, and 33 mrad; an illuminator; processing and correlation electronics; and reflectors) is presented; and the fundamental principles of the pattern recognition techniques employed are summarized.
- Publication:
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Yearbook 1986 II; DGLR, Annual Meeting
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986dglr.meet..481H
- Keywords:
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- Automatic Control;
- Image Processing;
- Performance Prediction;
- Space Rendezvous;
- Spacecraft Docking;
- Spacecraft Maneuvers;
- Control Systems Design;
- Offshore Platforms;
- Pattern Recognition;
- Spacecraft Tracking;
- Video Equipment;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation