Initial safety posture investigations for earth regime rendezvous and proximity operations

Initial safety posture investigations for earth regime rendezvous and proximity operations

Next-generation space activities, where companies and organizations begin to provide services for each others space assets, are real and coming on-line. The Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) is an industry-led initiative meant to help enable new companies and...

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Published in:Journal of space safety engineering Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 519 - 524
Main Authors: Barnhart, David A., Rughani, Rahul, Allam, Jeremy J., Clarke, Kyle W.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 01-12-2020
Subjects:
Docking
Interface
Proximity
Rendezvous
Safety
Satellite
Servicing
Space standards
Proximity
Satellite
Docking
Rendezvous
Safety
Servicing
Interface
Space standards
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Summary:Next-generation space activities, where companies and organizations begin to provide services for each others space assets, are real and coming on-line. The Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) is an industry-led initiative meant to help enable new companies and industries in pursuit of on-orbit servicing (OOS) through metrics and standard developments. The University of Southern California’s (USC) Space Engineering Research Center (SERC) is chartered to examine past and present activities related to this new domain and uncover elements that might benefit from the application of standards or practices for the industry as a whole. This paper will 1) review and update USC’s initial technical rendezvous metrics, and 2) introduce OOS functional evaluations and an initial ontology for consideration.
ISSN:2468-8967
2468-8967
DOI:10.1016/j.jsse.2020.06.010