ADRAS-J used "angles-only navigation" to estimate the relative position and velocity of the rocket body.
Credit: Astroscale
Astroscale’s debris inspection spacecraft has made a rendezvous with a derelict Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA upper-stage rocket body. The space vehicle, called the Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J), is on a debris inspection demonstration mission commissioned by the Japan...
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