Guidance, Navigation and Control for Autonomous Close-Range-Rendezvous

This article presents the Guidance, Navigation and Control system (Gnc-system) developed by GSOCs On Orbit Servicing (OOS)-group. It is used for research on autonomous rendezvous, optical sensors and operational concepts with the European Proximity Operations Simulator 2.0 (EPOS) facility and inside an End-to-End simulation. Its modular design intends to make it capable of deployment in space on a novel on-board computer with less effort. Major design decisions as well as plans for future development are introduced.