Low-Cost Backup RPOD System

Advanced Optical Systems, Inc. (AOS) developed a low-cost Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (RPOD) system that has applications for the future NASA Orion vehicle. Docking operations between the space shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS) required the coordination of real-time sensor data analysis and manual measurements. AOS developed a family of algorithms that processes the centerline docking camera data for navigational information that is currently derived from multiple sensors and manual estimation.