{"id":1333,"date":"2021-11-03T20:59:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T00:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/?page_id=1333"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:43:26","slug":"rpo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/rpo\/","title":{"rendered":"RPO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        RPO\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>This page provides an overview of both research themes under which our research projects are conducted. For more details, please see the description of our <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/about\/\">facility<\/a>, our list of <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/publications\/\">publications<\/a> and our research <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/partners\/\">collaborators<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCO_EdW7cYOXo0GhwF7iz4fQ\">Youtube channel<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=kNh_NWwAAAAJ\">Google Scholar<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/rpo\/\">Spacecraft Proximity Operations<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/members\/\">Spacecraft Formation Flying<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To autonomously accomplish Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) maneuvers, the actual relative motion with respect to a target object needs to be determined in orbit by an intelligent robotic spacecraft equipped with computer vision sensors, while an ideal collision-free rendezvous trajectory is calculated and tracked through feedback control systems. Furthermore, physical interactions between both space vehicles may take place via various means, including docking mechanisms, robotic arms, and flexible tethers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page provides an overview of both research themes under which our research projects are conducted. For more details, please see the description of our facility, our list of publications and our research collaborators. Also check out our Youtube channel, and Google Scholar page. To autonomously accomplish Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) maneuvers, the actual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-1333","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1742,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1333\/revisions\/1742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=1333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}