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The Advanced Video Guidance Sensor: Orbital Express and the Next GenerationThe Orbital Express (OE) mission performed the first autonomous rendezvous and docking in the history of the United States on May 5-6, 2007 with the Advanced Video Guidance Sensor (AVGS) acting as one of the primary docking sensors. Since that event, the OE spacecraft performed four more rendezvous and docking maneuvers, each time using the AVGS as one of the docking sensors. The Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC's) AVGS is a nearfield proximity operations sensor that was integrated into the Autonomous Rendezvous and Capture Sensor System (ARCSS) on OE. The ARCSS provided the relative state knowledge to allow the OE spacecraft to rendezvous and dock. The AVGS is a mature sensor technology designed to support Automated Rendezvous and Docking (AR&D) operations. It is a video-based laser-illuminated sensor that can determine the relative position and attitude between itself and its target. Due to parts obsolescence, the AVGS that was flown on OE can no longer be manufactured. MSFC has been working on the next generation of AVGS for application to future Constellation missions. This paper provides an overview of the performance of the AVGS on Orbital Express and discusses the work on the Next Generation AVGS (NGAVGS).
Document ID
20080015656
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Howard, Richard T. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Heaton, Andrew F. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Pinson, Robin M. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Carrington, Connie L. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Lee, James E. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Bryan, Thomas C. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Robertson, Bryan A. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Spencer, Susan H. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Johnson, Jimmie E. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
February 10, 2008
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Meeting Information
Meeting: Space Technology and Applications International Forum, STAIF-2008
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Start Date: February 10, 2008
End Date: February 14, 2008
Sponsors: Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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