Formerly Head of the Navigation and Guidance Section of ESA and ESA's leading rendezvous expert, Wigbert Fehse has worked on a large number of high profile international projects including the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) and Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) currently under development for the International Space Station.
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The phases of a rendezvous mission
3. Orbit dynamics and trajectory elements
4. Approach safety and collision avoidance
5. The drivers for the approach strategy
6. The onboard rendezvous control strategy
7. Sensors for rendezvous navigation
8. Mating systems
9. Space- and ground-system setup
10. Verification and validation
Appendix A. Motion dynamics
Appendix B. Rendezvous strategies of existing vehicles
Appendix C. Rendezvous vehicles of the ISS scenario
Appendix D. Nomenclature.
