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In terms of design for removal, passive technologies installed on the target satellite may potentially ease identification, tracking and pose estimation of the target. From far to close rendezvous, planar distributed 2D markers can be used for such purpose, while for the last moments of the rendezvous, up to capture, a single 3D marker is required to perform pose estimation. Installing LRRs on 2D markers helps to determine the spin-rate of tumbling objects such as defunct satellites.
Both types of markers are already being developed in an on-going activity with Admatis (HU)
with the purpose of designing them and selecting materials to fulfil the marker’s functional
requirements, by performing environmental tests at sample and hardware/assembly level.
Several thermal films and paints are being considered to address visibility of the markers in
both the visual and thermal-infrared spectrum. Qualification of these coatings and markers development is an ongoing activity in the frame of MSN (Markers Supporting Navigation) project, while application of LRRs on 2D marker assembly is performed in MSN-FD (Markers Supporting Navigation-Further Developments).
