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Recent advancements in small satellite technology have enabled the development of various commercial and scientific platforms. Many of these have been conceived and designed around the concept of formation flying, implying cooperation between different vehicles. A critical step in constructing such systems involves docking the different agents that compose the swarm. It is, therefore, crucial to take steps to improve the docking ability of small satellites for a wide variety of operating conditions. Furthermore, the ability to dock satellites is also needed for other vital applications such as on-orbit servicing of non-cooperative satellites, in-space assembly of larger structures, reconfigurable satellites and stations, and other autonomous proximity operations. Existing docking systems implemented in space operate under an operational requirement of the relative velocity between the two docking spacecraft being less than 1 m/s, typically around 50 cm/s. These systems require at least one of the two spacecraft to perform a rendezvous operation to reduce the relative velocity between the two docking satellites. However, situations exist where a rendezvous operation is either not fe

Author

Athip Thirupathi Raj; Jekan Thangavelautham

Published

2022

Language

EN