Model predictive control for spacecraft rendezvous and docking with uncooperative targets

• Main Author: Burak, Iskender Omer
• Other Authors: LING Keck Voon
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144018
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis develops guidance & control strategies for rendezvous and docking with uncooperative targets in space. The past and current state of art for rendezvous missions are capable of docking with stable and cooperative targets. However, future applications will require full autonomy on-boar...