Since the first mating manoeuvre in space, performed in 1966, many different docking mechanisms were developed, mainly for large manned spacecraft. The few systems recently conceived for small satellites have never been verified in space nor scaled to CubeSat size. In the near future, small spacecraft docking procedures could acquire great importance due to the need to share resources between clusters of low-weight and low-cost vehicles: in fact, small spacecraft market is rapidly growing, focusing on commercial low risk application, low budget scientific and educational missions. In this context, this document presents a novel docking mechanism to provide small spacecraft with the ability to join and separate in space, to realize multi-bod...
The main topic of this work is the design of a docking mechanism for the STRONG mission. This forese...
Conceptual efforts to develop a Space Station based system for docking and/or berthing the NSTS Orbi...
Small spacecraft autonomous rendezvous and docking is an essential technology for future space struc...
Since the first mating manoeuvre in space, performed in 1966, many different docking mechanisms were...
Since the first mating manoeuvre performed in 1966 between the Gemini VIII and the Agena Target Vehi...
At today, few mating technologies for nano and micro satellites have been designed and tested in rel...
Docking mechanisms have been employed in space missions for more than 50 years. In fact, since the A...
This dissertation addresses the design procedure of a docking mechanism for space applications, in p...
On-orbit operations such as refuelling, payload updating, inspection, maintenance, material and crew...
This slide presentation reviews the different types of docking types. The objective is the pressuriz...
This paper presents the design and characterization of a miniature docking mechanism for nanosatelli...
The development of on-orbit autonomous rendezvous and docking (ARD) capabilities represents a key po...
This paper discloses the design procedure of a docking mechanism for space applications. The mechani...
A document describes a low-impact mating system suitable for both docking (mating of two free-flying...
Docking small satellites in space is a high-risk operation due to the uncertainty in relative positi...
The main topic of this work is the design of a docking mechanism for the STRONG mission. This forese...
Conceptual efforts to develop a Space Station based system for docking and/or berthing the NSTS Orbi...
Small spacecraft autonomous rendezvous and docking is an essential technology for future space struc...
Since the first mating manoeuvre in space, performed in 1966, many different docking mechanisms were...
Since the first mating manoeuvre performed in 1966 between the Gemini VIII and the Agena Target Vehi...
At today, few mating technologies for nano and micro satellites have been designed and tested in rel...
Docking mechanisms have been employed in space missions for more than 50 years. In fact, since the A...
This dissertation addresses the design procedure of a docking mechanism for space applications, in p...
On-orbit operations such as refuelling, payload updating, inspection, maintenance, material and crew...
This slide presentation reviews the different types of docking types. The objective is the pressuriz...
This paper presents the design and characterization of a miniature docking mechanism for nanosatelli...
The development of on-orbit autonomous rendezvous and docking (ARD) capabilities represents a key po...
This paper discloses the design procedure of a docking mechanism for space applications. The mechani...
A document describes a low-impact mating system suitable for both docking (mating of two free-flying...
Docking small satellites in space is a high-risk operation due to the uncertainty in relative positi...
The main topic of this work is the design of a docking mechanism for the STRONG mission. This forese...
Conceptual efforts to develop a Space Station based system for docking and/or berthing the NSTS Orbi...
Small spacecraft autonomous rendezvous and docking is an essential technology for future space struc...