Pose Measurement Performance of the Argon Relative Navigation Sensor Suite in Simulated-Flight Conditions

Autor: Nat Gill, Marcelo Gonzalez, Andrew Hyslop, John Van Eepoel, Joseph M. Galante, Bryan Patrick, Matt Strube
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference.
DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-4927
Popis: Argon is a flight-ready sensor suite with two visual cameras, a flash LIDAR, an on- board flight computer, and associated electronics. Argon was designed to provide sensing capabilities for relative navigation during proximity, rendezvous, and docking operations between spacecraft. A rigorous ground test campaign assessed the performance capability of the Argon navigation suite to measure the relative pose of high-fidelity satellite mock-ups during a variety of simulated rendezvous and proximity maneuvers facilitated by robot manipulators in a variety of lighting conditions representative of the orbital environment. A brief description of the Argon suite and test setup are given as well as an analysis of the performance of the system in simulated proximity and rendezvous operations.
Databáze: OpenAIRE