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Demonstration of autonomous rendezvous technology (dart) project summary
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Rumford, TImothy E. |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Description | Since the 1960's, NASA has performed numerous rendezvous and docking missions. The common element of all US rendezvous and docking is that the spacecraft has always been piloted by astronauts. Only the Russian Space Program has developed and demonstrated an autonomous capability. The Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) project currently funded under NASA's Space Launch Initiative (SLI) Cycle I, provides a key step in establishing an autonomous rendezvous capability for the United States. DART's objective is to demonstrate, in space, the hardware and software necessary for autonomous rendezvous. Orbital Sciences Corporation intends to integrate an Advanced Video Guidance Sensor and Autonomous Rendezvous and Proximity Operations algorithms into a Pegasus upper stage in order to demonstrate the capability to autonomously rendezvous with a target currently in orbit. The DART mission will occur in April 2004. The launch site will be Vandenburg AFB and the launch vehicle will be a Pegasus XL equipped with a Hydrazine Auxiliary Propulsion System 4th stage. All mission objectives will be completed within a 24 hour period. The paper provides a summary of mission objectives, mission overview and a discussion on the design features of the chase and target vehicles. |
| File Size | 2213597 |
| Page Count | 10 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20030062183 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0fv3hv8v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2003-04-24 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Launch Vehicles Autonomous Navigation Unmanned Spacecraft Orbital Rendezvous Mission Planning Spacecraft Docking Design Analysis Guidance Sensors Spacecraft Launching Systems Integration Optical Measuring Instruments Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
