Tug rendezvous and docking with a spacecraft - A remote manned approachThe development and use of a visual simulator for remote-manned rendezvous and docking utilizing frame-by-frame, slow-scan, low-light-level TV (LLLTV) was conceived and initiated in mid-1974. The effort was limited to modification, checkout, and validation of simulator hardware specific to this task, to the development of simulation (digital computer) software, and technical support to several rendezvous and docking simulation studies. Analysis and simulation has shown that LLLTV, such as would be required for satellite inspection, could provide a suitable acquisition sensor for a remote manned rendezvous/docking subsystem. A manned, remote simulation has demonstrated its feasibility during the terminal rendezvous and docking phases. Should this approach prove fully adequate in subsequent detailed simulation studies and tests, an order-of-magnitude cost savings can be obtained for early rendezvous and docking operations.
Document ID
19760029834
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hurley, M. J. (General Dynamics Corp. Convair Div., San Diego, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1975
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation
Report/Patent Number
AAS PAPER 75-167
Meeting Information
Meeting: Meeting on Space Shuttle Missions of the 80''s