The capability of an active spacecraft to accurately estimate its relative position and attitude
(pose) with respect to an active/inactive, artificial/natural space object (target) orbiting in …

Vision-based methods to determine the relative pose of an uncooperative orbiting object are
investigated in applications to spacecraft proximity operations, such as on-orbit servicing …

This review paper presents a comprehensive evaluation and forward‐looking perspective
on the underexplored topic of servicing target objects using spacecraft swarms. Such targets …

Abstract A Robotic Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission requires close-proximity
operations for capturing potentially tumbling, uncooperative targets and disposing of them …

Acquiring the relative pose between an uncooperative target and a chaser satellite poses a
unique problem for any active debris removal mission. A lack of prior knowledge regarding …

Attitude motion parameters estimation of the space non-cooperative tumbling target is the
premise of the on-orbit target capture task. However, existing methods cannot balance the …

Because the prior knowledge of spatially unknown moving targets is not available, it is a
challenge to conduct on-orbit services, including tracking, approaching and arresting. This …

In order to support spacecraft proximity operations, such as on-orbit servicing and spacecraft
formation flying, several vision-based techniques exist to determine the relative pose of an …

The paper proposes a two‐stage algorithm for autonomous relative motion determination of
noncooperative and unknown object flying in space. The algorithm is based on image …

Pose estimation for spacecraft is widely recognized as an important technology for space
applications. Many space missions require accurate relative pose between the chaser and …