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RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING OF SPACECRAFT - ESA

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CO-ORDINATE FRAMESTo describe rendezvous orbits and trajectories we usethree different co-ordinate frames:a3NNa = x 1 loa = za = y3 op 2 oporbital motiona = y2 loa1Equatora2EquatoriInclinationAscending Nodea = x1 opa 3 = z loEarthγEarth Inertial FrameOrbital Plane FrameLocal Orbital Frameorbit angles w.r.t.inertial spaceposition&velocitiesin orbitrelative position &velocities to targetDr. W. Fehse – Introduction to RVD – From Ground to Capture – Version 200912

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