TR2024-016
Safe and Constrained Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking
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- "Safe and Constrained Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10155826, May 2023, pp. 3645-3661.BibTeX TR2024-016 PDF
- @inproceedings{Petersen2023may,
- author = {Petersen, Chris and Caverly, Ryan and Phillips, Sean and Weiss, Avishai},
- title = {Safe and Constrained Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2023,
- pages = {3645--3661},
- month = may,
- publisher = {IEEE},
- doi = {10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10155826},
- issn = {2378-5861},
- isbn = {979-8-3503-2806-6},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-016}
- }
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- "Safe and Constrained Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10155826, May 2023, pp. 3645-3661.
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This tutorial paper discusses the rising need for safe and constrained spacecraft Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (RPOD). This class of problems brings with it i) a unique set of equations of motion, ii) a variety of constraints and objectives that are specialized to RPOD, and iii) a number of traditional and current Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) considerations. There are strong connections between the work done in RPOD and a variety of other research domains that have synergistically aided in pushing forward the state-of-the-art. This tutorial paper discusses the above, provides an entry point into the field of spacecraft RPOD, and highlights a selection of open problems that still exist in the field.