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Successful in orbit servicing missions rely on a variety of sensors, which provide crucial GNC information. These sensors include navigation cameras and LiDAR sensors. They are the foundation to detect, track, approach and finally enable close proximity operations such as berthing, docking or other operations on the client. Jena-Optronik’s sensors enabled the successful approach and docking in the frame of the two MEV (Mission Extension Vehicle) missions to prolong the lifetime of geostationary communication satellites for the first time. In this presentation, an overview of the performance of the Navigation Cameras and the docking LiDAR is given. Further, Jena-Optronik gives an outlook on GNC sensors, which will augment the existing product portfolio in the next years.
