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Safe rendezvous scenario design for geostationary satellites with collocation constraints

Ya-Zhong Luo( ), Zhen-Jiang Sun
College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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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.

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geostationary orbit (GEO)rendezvous and docking (RVD)safety performancesatellite collocation

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Astrodynamics
Volume 1 Issue 1,
September 2017
Pages 71-83
DOI: 10.1007/s42064-017-0006-5
Cite this article:
Luo Y-Z, Sun Z-J. Safe rendezvous scenario design for geostationary satellites with collocation constraints. Astrodynamics, 2017, 1(1): 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42064-017-0006-5

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Received: 18 October 2016
Accepted: 07 February 2017
Published: 08 September 2017
© Tsinghua University Press 2017
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