METHOD OF DETERMINATION OF RELATIVE POSITION AND TRAJECTORY OF TWO SPACE VEHICLES AND DEVICE FOR REALIZATION OF THIS METHOD Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: cosmonautics. SUBSTANCE: apparent position and apparent size of first approaching space vehicle at each successive moment t₁ and t₂ are determined and position of reference point of second approaching space vehicle is calculated; then components of relative velocity of second approaching space vehicle relative to first approaching space vehicle and coordinates of position of reference point connected with second approaching space vehicle at any moment of time "t" are calculated. EFFECT: enhanced accuracy of determination. 10 cl, 3 dwg