Determination of a Target's Range and Position by PSD Optical Sensor,

Abstract

A new method to measure the range and position of a space flight during the rendezvous and docking between two spacecraft are presented in this paper. A model is built to demonstrate the scheme experimentally. It is shown that the scheme is practicable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 22, 1996
Accession Number
ADA313310

Entities

People

  • Cai Xiping
  • Dai Yongjiang

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Astronautics
  • Detectors
  • Flight
  • Optical Detectors
  • Rendezvous
  • Space Flight
  • Spacecraft

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers