Inter-Agency
Automated Rendezvous &
Capture Working Group
5/22-23/2002
Naval Research Laboratory
Tri X. Nguyen
281-483-0468
Background
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On March 8, 2002, it was agreed to form the InterAgency AR&C Working Group and have a face-toface meeting.
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Proactive at collaboration / reuse, rather than reactive
Many positive comments about formulation of the AR&C
inter-agency (DOD/NASA) working group.
The first AR&C interagency working group meeting on
May 22 and 23, 2002 at NRL, Washington DC
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Goals of the First AR&C Inter-Agency
(NASA/DOD) Working Group Meeting
• Share information about programs and projects at various
government sites which have potential value to others
interested in automated rendezvous and capture / docking
• Face-to-face interaction
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Get to know each other
• Finalize the AR&C Inter-Agency Working Group Charter
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A LIST OF TENTATIVE ATTENDEES
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AFRL
– Russell Partch
– Harrold Vern Baker
– Seamus Tuohy - Draper
ARC
– Robert Mah
– Chris Lages
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Army SMDC
– Tom Ramrath - FastMetrix
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DARPA
– MAJ James Shoemaker
– Melissa Wright
– Gordon Roesler
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GSFC
– Jesse Leitner
– Karen Richon
– Son Truong
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JPL
– Robert Bailey
– Richard Kornfeld
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JSC
– Tri Nguyen
– Don Pearson
– L (Jack) Lew
– Bob Stevenson
–C (Scott) Merkle
- Terry Hill
- Al DuPont
- Janet Bell
- James Lewis
- Jim Lamoreux
MSFC
– Chris Crumbly
– Chris Calfee
– James Lomas
– Fred Roe
– Richard Howard
– Thomas Bryan
- Leslie Murp
- Mark Krome
- Meg Stroud
- Keith Higginbotham
- Dexter Waldrep
- Jaime Fernandez
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NRL
– Glenn Creamer
– Charmaine Gilbreath
– Frank Pipitone
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SNL (Sandia Nation Laboratory)
– Colin Smithpeter
– Robert Nellums
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First Day Agenda (May 22, 2002)
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0815 Badging at NRL facility
0900 Welcome & introductions
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NRL/G. Creamer (Host)
JSC/T. Nguyen (Co-chair)
DARPA/MAJ J Shoemaker (Co-chair)
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0915 Overview of Charter/purpose of Working Group
JSC/T. Nguyen
AR&C Program Initiatives: Overview of current development activity. 5-15 pages showing mission
objectives, spacecraft systems, and AR&C implementations (sensors, software, operations
technique).
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0930 Orbital Express
1030 Mars Sample Return and ST6 Technology Mission
1130 SLI TA-9 AR&C Technology Planning
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1200 Lunch
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NRL activities (STARS, optical image recognition )
Space Shuttle Rendezvous Upgrades & SRI Tech.
Tour of NRL facilities
DARPA/Major J. Shoemaker
JPL/ R. Bailey & R. Kornfeld
JSC/D. Pearson
AFRL/R. Partch
NRL/G. Creamer
JSC/J. Lamoreux &SNL/C. Smithpeter
NRL/G. Creamer
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Second Day Agenda (May 23, 2002)
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0830 Alternate Access To ISS
0930 ISS-Visiting Vehicles (HTV, ATV, Russian)
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10:30
10:45 DART
11:45
MSFC/C. Crumbly
JSC/A. Dupont &
JSC/S. Merkle
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MSFC/C. Calfee
Lunch
Other AR&C initiatives (institutionally funded) and facilities
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1610 Summary, Wrap-up & Action Assignments
ARC (Thruster FDI/strength & mass property ID/reconfig)
GSFC (Distributed Space Systems Technology program)
MSFC
(AVGS Block II plans)
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JPL (LAMP, star cameras, algorithms)
JSC (Visidyne, Intel Auto, Visnav, StarNav)
ARC/R. Mah
GSFC/J. Leitner
MSFC/ F. Roe
JPL/R. Bailey
JSC/D. Pearson &
JSC/J. Bell
JSC/T. Nguyen &
DARPA/MAJ J. Shoemaker
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Informal Working Group Charter
• Purpose of the Working Group: Maximize the benefits from
government expenditures in the field of automated rendezvous and capture, as
well as in the closely related field of precision orbital formation flying.
• Principal activities of the Working Group:
– Exchange information relating to
• Rendezvous & capture experience base: lessons learned
• Existing AR&C initiatives, including their driving design requirements and
proposed solutions
• SE&I tools (current & under development) for AR&C simulation and testing
– Provide suggestions for further development of AR&C technologies to support
future programs
• Meeting Frequency: Semi-annual Face-to-Face Meeting?, Location TBD
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Proposed Working Group Members
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DOD/NASA Co-Chairs: Major James Shoemaker/DARPA and Tri
Nguyen/JSC.
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NASA:
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Ames Research Center (ARC) - Richard Papasin , Robert Mah
Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC) - Son Truong, Thomas Stengle, Jesse
Leitner,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - Robert Bailey, Richard Kornfeld
Johnson Space Center (JSC) – Tri Nguyen, Donald Pearson, Scott Merkle, Terry
Hill, James Lamoreux, and James Lewis.
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) - Chris Crumbly, Chris Calfee, James
Lomas, Fred Roe
DOD:
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Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) - Russell Partch
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) - Major James
Shoemaker, Melissa Wright
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) - Glenn Creamer
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