A HIGH PERFORMANCE IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT FOR ON-ORBIT SERVICING

摘要

With the maturation of space technology, there is an increasing focus on the maintenance of spacecraft and the space environment. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology has proposed an Orbital Maintenance System (OMS), which is a rescue-and-removal satellite-servicing system for telecommunications satellites, and has conducted research on related technologies. To realize OMS, the rescue satellite must first recognize the target and determine its relative position. NICT is now developing high-performance image capture and analyzing unit called a Diverse Information Visioning Extension Camera (DIVE-CAM). In this paper, we are going to introduce concept of DIVE-CAM and its role in the on-orbit servicing. We are also going to present development and verification process of DIVE-CAM.