Relative GPS Navigation for ATV Rendezvous

Michael Frezet, Herve Marcille, Virginie Pascal, Jean Michael Pairot, Hubert Barre, Massimo Cislaghi, and Ulrich Thomas

Abstract:	In 1994, ESA initiated an ATV Rendezvous Predevelopment (ARP) Program in parallel to the ATV phase B. The Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV) will perform servicing to the International Space Station Alpha (ISSA). The Rendezvous to ISSA is a critical mission phase of the ATV flight involving the safety of both ATV and ISSA vehicles and crews. Therefore, the ARP program primary objective is to demonstrate the maturity of the critical technology involved in the achievement of such rendezvous operations. The baseline relative navigation solution for the long range proximity operations (12 km to 300 m) is the relative GPS (RGPS). This paper presents the current results of the ARP activities on the design and development of the so-called RGPS filter.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1995) September 12 - 15, 1995 Palm Springs, CA
Pages:	269 - 278
Cite this article:	Frezet, Michael, Marcille, Herve, Pascal, Virginie, Pairot, Jean Michael, Barre, Hubert, Cislaghi, Massimo, Thomas, Ulrich, "Relative GPS Navigation for ATV Rendezvous," Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1995), Palm Springs, CA, September 1995, pp. 269-278.
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