Wigbert Fehse

Wigbert Fehse ( born December 4, 1937 in Berlin ) is a German engineer and researcher in the field of navigation, path control and coupling in space.

Life and work

Fehse studied engineering and flight management at the Technical University of Berlin, where in 1965 he received his diploma. In 1972 he was for his studies on the combined hydrostatic storage chamber camp as frictionless bearing in navigational instruments at the Institute for Aerospace in the Department of Transportation of the Technische Universität Berlin with honors Dr.- Ing. doctorate. He also worked from 1965 to 1973 in a leading position in the development of gyros at the company Teldix (now Rockwell Collins, Inc.) in Heidelberg. In the following years he was employed at ESTEC, the technical heart of the European Space Agency in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, with position control, and precision leveling problems of various space projects, and later became head of the section for navigation and flight control of spacecraft. There he and his colleagues developed in collaboration with industry, basic techniques and technologies for automatic train control and coupling of spacecraft (English: Automated rendezvous and docking of spacecraft ) that are used in international space projects such as the Automated Transfer Vehicle ( ATV) applications. The first coupling of the ATV to the International Space Station took place on April 3, 2008.

Since his retirement in 2002, he is a consultant for European space company operates, especially for issues of rendezvous and coupling with non-cooperative target satellite (for example, space junk ) and geostationary satellites, which must be repaired or serviced. For this he examined the influence of solar pressure on the Geostationary Orbit Rendezvousbahnen. Furthermore Fehse are subject-related readings and courses at universities, international technical institutions and industrial companies.

Fehse won international recognition for his work in the field Automated rendezvous and docking / berthing of space craft. In addition to his numerous publications mainly be comprehensive manual was entitled Automated Rendezvous and Docking of Spacecraft worldwide attention. 2011 is a edition published in Chinese language.

He also wrote the section on "Close Proximity rendezvous and docking ( RVD ) " for the 2010 published "Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering ," and - in 2013 - "Safety of Rendezvous and Docking Operations " for the manual "Safety Design for Space Operations ".

Publications (selection)

  • B. Claudinon, W. Fehse: Drivers, Techniques and constraints of an Automatic Rendezvous and Docking Concept, XXXV IAF Congress, Lausanne 1984
  • W. Fehse Rendezvous and Docking Technology Development for Future European Missions, ESA Journal 1985, Vol 9
  • A. Elving, W. Fehse: Simulation Tools for the Development of an Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking System, Intelligent Autonomous Systems, An International Conference, Amsterdam, 1986, ISBN 0-444-70168-0
  • Fehse W., R. H. Bentall: Motion Simulation for In- Orbit Operations, First European In-Orbit Operations Technology Symposium, Darmstadt, September 1887 (ESA SP -272 )
  • W. Fehse, A. Tobias, A. Getzschmann, M. Caldichoury, P. Maute, M. Attanasio: The role of pilot and automatic onboard system in Future Rendezvous and Docking Operations, IAF 88-037
  • W. Fehse, A. Tobias, C. Champetier, J. M. Pairot, C. Pauvert: A Guidance, Navigation and Control System for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Between Hermes, the Columbus Free- Flyer and the Space Station Freedom, AAS 91-063
  • W. Fehse, A. Vankov, P. Chliaev, F. Ankersen, A. Alyoshin: Remote intervention in Automatic Onboard GNC Systems, 3rd International Conference on Spacecraft GNC Systems, Noordwijk, November 1996 (ESA SP -381 )
  • W. Fehse, G. Ortega: Operator Monitoring and Support System for rendezvous and docking, Paper ID: 2a004, SpaceOps98: Proceedings, Fifth International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, Tokyo 1998
  • M. Cislaghi, W. Fehse, D. Paris, F. Ankersen: The ATV Rendezvous Pre- Development Programme (ARP), Proceedings of the 22nd AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Beck Ridge, Colorado, 1999
  • W. Fehse: Automated Rendezvous and Docking of Spacecraft, Cambridge Aerospace Series 16, Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-521-82492-3
  • W.Fehse: Disturbance by Solar Pressure of Rendezvous Trajectories in GEO, 5th ICATT 2012 International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques, Noordwijk, May 2012
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