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Automatic Docking System Sensor Design, Test, and Mission PerformanceThe Video Guidance Sensor is a key element of an automatic rendezvous and docking program administered by NASA that was flown on STS-87 in November of 1997. The system used laser illumination of a passive target in the field of view of an on-board camera and processed the video image to determine the relative position and attitude between the target and the sensor. Comparisons of mission results with theoretical models and laboratory measurements will be discussed.
Document ID
19990097316
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Jackson, John L. (Micro Craft, Inc. Huntsville, AL United States)
Howard, Richard T. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Cole, Helen J. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Subject Category
Astrodynamics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Aerospace 1998
Location: Orlando, FL
Country: United States
Start Date: April 13, 1998
End Date: April 17, 1998
Sponsors: International Society of Optical Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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