MANAGEMENT OF UNFORESEEN EVENTS BY FLIGHT DYNAMICS TEAM DURING ATV JULES VERNE OPERATIONS

摘要

On 09 March 2008, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle of the Jules Verne mission lifted off from Kourou aboard the Ariane 5 launcher towards the International Space Station. It was the first European automated spacecraft which has ever docked autonomously to the ISS. This paper describes the unforeseen events that FDS (Flight Dynamics System) met during Jules Verne operations and how it managed them.