Rendezvous Cones to Achieve Docking with Spinning Objects in Space

Chakravarthy, A and Ghose, D (2024) Rendezvous Cones to Achieve Docking with Spinning Objects in Space. In: AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024, 8 January 2024through 12 January 2024, Orlando, FL, USA.

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Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of a chaser attempting to dock on a target where the target is moving on a circular path. The solution is proposed in the form of computation of feasible chaser velocity directions that will lead to successful docking on the target. The problem is solved in stages going from simple point mass models for the chaser and target to a model where these are circular in shape and the docking port is a predefined collection of points on the target. This work is an extension to the earlier work on collision cones and rendezvous cones to a nonlinear framework. Simulations are provided to illustrate the main results in the paper. © 2024 by Animesh Chakravarthy and Debasish Ghose.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publication:	AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
Publisher:	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
Keywords:	Manned space flight, Circular paths; Docking ports; Point mass models; Simple++; Velocity directions, Space rendezvous
Department/Centre:	Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited:	29 Jul 2024 09:07
Last Modified:	29 Jul 2024 09:07
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/85206

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