RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING OF SPACECRAFT - ESA

THE SCENARIO IN LEOTHE LEO SCENARIO, IN WHICH THE AUTOMATIC RVD TAKES PLACE,CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS:• A MANNED SPACE STATION IN LOW EARTH ORBIT,• MANNED SPACECRAFT, WHICH REGULARLY BRING CREW FROMGROUND TO THE STATION AND BACK,• UNMANNED TRANSPORT VEHICLES, WHICH SUPPLY THE STATIONWITH CONSUMABLES AND PAYLOAD,• GROUND CONTROL CENTRES, WHICH MONITOR AND GUIDE THEFLIGHT OF THE APPROACHING VEHICLE AND OF THE STATION,• RELATED INFRASTRUCTURES FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEENGROUND STATIONS AND SPACECRAFT AND BETWEEN THE VARIOUSGROUND CENTRES THEMSELVES.Dr. W. Fehse – Introduction to RVD – Tasks, Scenario, Players – Version 20095