RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING OF SPACECRAFT - ESA
RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING OF SPACECRAFT - ESA
RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING OF SPACECRAFT - ESA
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WHERE DO WE NEED <strong>RENDEZVOUS</strong>, CAPTURE <strong>AND</strong>COUPLING IN SPACE?<strong>RENDEZVOUS</strong>, CAPTURE <strong>AND</strong> COUPLING IN SPACE WILL BE REQUIREDIN MOST SCENARIOS WHERE MORE THAN ONE <strong>SPACECRAFT</strong>IS INVOLVED, e.g.:• ASSEMBLY <strong>OF</strong> STRUCTURES IN ORBIT,• SERVICING <strong>OF</strong> <strong>SPACECRAFT</strong>, i.e. SUPPLY WITH CONSUMABLES,EXPERIMENTS <strong>AND</strong> OTHER GOODS,• TRANSPORT <strong>OF</strong> CREW & GOODS TO / FROM A MANNED SPACESTATION,• L<strong>AND</strong>ING ON CELESTIAL BODIES <strong>AND</strong> RETURN TO EARTH<strong>OF</strong> (UN)/MANNED <strong>SPACECRAFT</strong>.WITHIN THE FRAME <strong>OF</strong> THIS LECTURE WE WILLCONCENTRATE ON APPLICATION <strong>OF</strong> <strong>RENDEZVOUS</strong> & CAPTUREIN LOW- <strong>AND</strong> GEOSTATIONARY EARTH ORBITS (LEO & GEO).Dr. W. Fehse — Introduction to RVD — Where is RVD needed — Version 20092
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