TY - JOUR
AU - Sun, Zhen-Jiang
AB - Abstract Rendezvous on the geostationary orbit (GEO) is much more complex than that on the low earth orbit and has a higher critical requirement for safety performance. This paper presents a safe scenario design method for GEO rendezvous proximity missions where the safety constraint of a collocated satellite is considered. A recently proposed quantitative index considering trajectory uncertainty is introduced to analyze the safety performance of the scenario parameters including the V-bar keeping positions and the fly-by trajectory radius. Furthermore, an exhaustive analysis is performed to find the dangerous regions of the V-bar keeping positions and the appropriate semi-major axis of the fly-by ellipse, considering the safety requirements of both the target and the collocated satellite. A geometry method is then developed for designing a feasible and suboptimal safe rendezvous scenario. The method is tested by designing four rendezvous scenarios with ±V-bar approach directions respectively in the situations with and without one collocated satellite. Safety performance and velocity increments of the scenarios are compared and a conclusion is reached that the collocated satellite has a significant influence on the scenario design.
TI - Safe rendezvous scenario design for geostationary satellites with collocation constraints
JF - Astrodynamics
DO - 10.1007/s42064-017-0006-5
DA - 2017-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/safe-rendezvous-scenario-design-for-geostationary-satellites-with-EVSPwK7tBM
SP - 71
EP - 83
VL - 1
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -