Title :
Next Generation Advanced Video Guidance Sensor
Author :
Bryan, Thomas C. ; Howard, Richard ; Johnson, Jimmie E. ; Lee, James E. ; Murphy, Lucinda ; Spencer, Susan H.
Author_Institution :
Autonomous Rendezvous & Docking Dev., Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
Abstract :
The first autonomous rendezvous and docking in the history of the U.S. Space Program was successfully accomplished by Orbital Express (OE) in May of 2007, using the advanced video guidance sensor (AVGS) as the primary docking sensor. The United States now has a mature and flight proven sensor technology for supporting crew exploration vehicles (CEV) and commercial orbital transportation services (COTS) automated rendezvous and docking (AR&D).
Keywords :
aerospace control; aerospace robotics; image sensors; space vehicles; video equipment; Orbital Express; autonomous rendezvous; commercial orbital transportation services; crew exploration vehicles; docking sensor; next generation advanced video guidance sensor; Aerospace engineering; Biosensors; Hardware; International Space Station; NASA; Navigation; Project engineering; Space technology; Space vehicles; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1487-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-323X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2008.4526519
