Collision avoidance maneuver design based on equidistance interpolation

This paper deals with the active collision avoidance maneuver for the chaser along the specified trajectory, and presents a maneuver approach with constant thrust. Using the 3D stereo vision measurement, The relative position parameters of the target spacecraft for analyzing the collision possibility are obtained by using the vision measurement and the target maneuver positions are calculated through the equidistance interpolation method. The working times of thrusters in three axes can be respectively computed by the time series analysis method. In particular, the perturbation and fuel consumption are addressed during the computation of working time. Furthermore, the acceleration sequences and the corresponding working time series can be employed to determine a switching control law for the active collision avoidance maneuver. The simulation results show that the switch control law can effectively guarantee the chaser moving along the specified trajectory.