Development and Performance Evaluation of Hardware in the Loop Simulator for Small Spacecraft's Motion Estimation

With the rapid progress and spread of space exploration technologies, space debris has become a serious problem in recent years. The debris motion estimation technology is indispensable for the removal and recovery of space debris. This study is the basic technology to consider a small spacecraft that has ceased to function as debris and recover it. This paper reports on developing a hardware simulator for debris motion estimation, the performance of motion reproduction, and the potential of the motion estimation system using a simulated spacecraft.