Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking Conference, volume 2
Abstract
Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking (ARD) will be a requirement for future space programs. Clear examples include satellite servicing, repair, recovery, and reboost in the near term, and the longer range lunar and planetary exploration programs. ARD will permit more aggressive unmanned space activities, while providing a valuable operational capability for manned missions. The purpose of the conference is to identify the technologies required for an on-orbit demonstration of ARD, assess the maturity of those technologies, and provide the necessary insight for a quality assessment of programmatic management, technical, schedule, and cost risks.
- Publication:
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Conference held in Houston, TX
- Pub Date:
- 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990hotx.confQ..15.
- Keywords:
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- Autonomous Navigation;
- Lunar Exploration;
- Manned Space Flight;
- Orbital Rendezvous;
- Spacecraft Docking;
- Conferences;
- Costs;
- Risk;
- Schedules;
- Space Programs;
- Spacecraft Maintenance;
- Astrodynamics