Novel Expressions of Equations of Relative Motion and Control in Keplerian Orbits

摘要

THE autonomous control of relative motion between multiplernspacecraft in orbit is one of the most essential technologies inrnnear-future space programs. For instance, autonomous rendezvousrnand docking was used in resupplying the Mir space station [1] andrnhas been identified as a key technology in many future spacernprograms, such as assembly of modular systems in orbit [2], roboticrnsample return from planets [3], etc. However, in most spacernprograms, the rendezvous and docking is currently achieved byrnmanual operations.