Bearings-Only Guidance in Cis-Lunar Rendezvous

No AccessEngineering NotesBearings-Only Guidance in Cis-Lunar RendezvousFabio D’Onofrio, Giordana Bucchioni and Mario InnocentiFabio D’OnofrioUniversity of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, Italy*Graduate Student, Department of Information Engineering, Via Caruso 16; .Search for more papers by this author, Giordana BucchioniUniversity of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, Italy†Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Information Engineering, Via Caruso 16; .Search for more papers by this author and Mario InnocentiUniversity of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, Italy‡Professor, Department of Information Engineering, Via Caruso 16; . Associate Fellow AIAA.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:21 Jul 2021https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G005978SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Renk F., Landgraf M. and Bucci L., “Refined Mission Analysis for Heracles—A Robotic Lunar Surface Sample Return Mission Utilizing Human Infrastructure,” 2018 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, AAS Paper 18-344, 2018. Google Scholar[2] Zimovan E., Howell K. and Davis D. C., “Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits and Their Application in Cis-Lunar Space,” 3rd IAA Conference on Dynamics and Controls of Space Systems, Paper IAA-AAS-DyCoSS3-125, 2017. Google Scholar[3] Fehse W., Automated Rendezvous and Docking of Spacecraft, Cambridge Aerospace Series, Cambridge Univ. 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All requests for copying and permission to reprint should be submitted to CCC at www.copyright.com; employ the eISSN 1533-3884 to initiate your request. See also AIAA Rights and Permissions www.aiaa.org/randp. TopicsAir NavigationAstronomyCelestial MechanicsControl TheoryGuidance and Navigational AlgorithmsGuidance, Navigation, and Control SystemsKalman FilterKepler's Laws of Planetary MotionPlanetary Science and ExplorationPlanetsSpace MissionsSpace Science and TechnologySpacecraft GuidanceSpacecraft Guidance and Control KeywordsNear Rectilinear Halo OrbitNavigation AlgorithmEarthNon Keplerian OrbitUnscented Kalman FilterModel Predictive ControlFuel ConsumptionGuidance SystemOptimization AlgorithmOrbital Station KeepingAcknowledgmentThis work was partially supported by the European Space Agency under contract number 000121575/17/NL/hh. The view expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Space Agency.PDF Received10 February 2021Accepted26 May 2021Published online21 July 2021