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End-to-end simulation and verification of GNC and robotic systems considering both space segment and ground segment

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In the framework of a project called on-orbit servicing end-to-end simulation, the final approach and capture of a tumbling client satellite in an on-orbit servicing mission are simulated. The necessary components are developed and the entire end-to-end chain is tested and verified. This involves both on-board and on-ground systems. The space segment comprises a passive client satellite, and an active service satellite with its rendezvous and berthing payload. The space segment is simulated using a software satellite simulator and two robotic, hardware-in-the-loop test beds, the European Proximity Operations Simulator (EPOS) 2.0 and the OOS-Sim. The ground segment is established as for a real servicing mission, such that realistic operations can be performed from the different consoles in the control room. During the simulation of the telerobotic operation, it is important to provide a realistic communication environment with different parameters like they occur in the real world (realistic delay and jitter, for example).

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    Heike Benninghoff, Florian Rems, Eicke Risse, Bernhard Brunner, Martin Stelzer, Rainer Krenn, Matthias Reiner, Christian Stangl & Marcin Gnat

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This paper is based on a presentation at the 10th International ESA Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems—29 May–2 June 2017—Salzburg—Austria.

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Benninghoff, H., Rems, F., Risse, E. et al. End-to-end simulation and verification of GNC and robotic systems considering both space segment and ground segment. CEAS Space J 10, 535–553 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-017-0192-2

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