DEVICE FOR CONTROL OF RELATIVE (S) POSITION (S) BY MEASURING POWER FOR THE SPACE VEHICLE OF THE SPACE VEHICLE GROUP WHEN FLIGHTING

摘要

1. The control device (D) for a spacecraft (Si) of a group of spacecraft intended to be moved according to the selected system, comprising a complex of at least three transceiver antennas (Aj) mounted on at least three sides of different directions the aforementioned spacecraft (Si) and capable of emitting / receiving radio frequency signals, and processing means (MT) configured to estimate the directions of transmission of signals emitted by other spacecraft (Si ') of the group, based on omnyh signals received by the aforementioned antennas (Aj), characterized in that it contains the first means (M1) measurements made with the possibility of determining the power of the signals received by each of the aforementioned antennas (Aj) and issuing sets of powers, each of which corresponds to one of the aforementioned other spacecraft (Si ') groups, and storage means (BD) capable of storing sets of cartographic data, each of which characterizes the power of the signals received by each of the aforementioned antennas (Aj) spacing from the selected transmission directions, and the fact that the said processing means (MT) are capable of comparing each set of capacities provided by the first measuring means (M1) with the mentioned sets of stored map data to evaluate each direction of transmission of signals emitted by other spacecraft (Si ') groups relative to the coordinate system attached to said spacecraft (Si). ! 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the said storage means