Research/ IN-SPACE SERVICING
On-Orbit Servicing Missions: Challenges and Solutions for Spacecraft Operations
Florian Sellmaier, Toralf Boge, Jörn Spurmann, Sylvain Gully, Thomas Rupp, Felix Huber
HRI & TeleoperationOpenAlex keyword: teleoperation
The DLR German Space Operations Center (GSOC) is currently involved in the preparation of two On-Orbit Servicing missions, DEOS and OLEV. Due to the many new challenges within those missions the ground segment design requires new concepts. Accordingly, the paper presents the challenges and solutions regarding the communication architecture including teleoperation and extended contact time. Additionally, we discuss a method of vision based navigation which bridges the gap between absolute and purely geometric navigation. Finally, an integrated system test including GSOC’s new EPOS facility is described.