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It would be great to have some more information/article(s) on docking and docking devices such as docking rings. Suprisingly any relevant information on these seems to be very rare. Jiri Svoboda 17:52, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
I have heard of a technical distinction between docking and berthing. In this usage,
Two questions. Is such a distinction made in standard space literature? Does anyone know of a good source for this distinction? I don't see the distinction made in the article today but think it may be a quite useful addition given that both of these variants are widely practiced in space today. Cheers. N2e (talk) 19:33, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
References
A first for China, a successful docking of two unmanned spacecraft:
"Successful docking of Chinese spacecraft
Shenzhou 8 and Tiangong 1 successfully hook up in space: /-- China Succeeds in First Space Docking by 2 Spaceships | - Space.com
/-- China completes first space docking test - Reuters"
Cheers, N2e (talk) 06:06, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
This text recently inserted by an IP needs to be removed from here, not because it is uncited, but because it is out of scope in this article:
This article is about the subject of rendezvous and docking. Docking was successfully achieved, and what happened afterwards is irrelevant to this article. There is a hyperlink to the Gemini 8 mission, which is where this kind of detail belongs. You're welcome to merge it in there.
Also notice, the Citation needed tag was not put in the place intended; it's by a reference to Gemini 6. JustinTime55 (talk) 15:58, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
You got to explain how they were able to rendezvous and dock the progress transports and Soyuz in only 6 hours. There must be some major differences to the traditional way to do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.237.142.21 (talk) 07:59, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
The second reference (Earth to Moon to Earth - Buzz Aldrin) is 404... (Cesarakg (talk) 01:55, 15 August 2014 (UTC))
Current text:
When below the target the chaser fires radial thrusters to close in on the target. By this it increases its altitude. However, the orbital velocity of the chaser remains unchanged (thruster firings in the radial direction have no effect on the orbital velocity). Now in a slightly higher position, but with an orbital velocity that does not correspond to the local circular velocity, the chaser slightly falls behind the target.
Analysis:
Chaser is below the target, and therefore has higher orbital velocity than target. Chaser thrusts radially to increase orbital radius. Orbital velocity is unchanged. Chaser now has orbital velocity greater than local circular velocity, and so pulls ahead of target, not behind.
Suggested text:
When below the target the chaser fires radial thrusters to increase its altitude. However, the orbital velocity of the chaser remains unchanged (thruster firings in the radial direction have no effect on the orbital velocity). Now in a slightly higher position, the chaser's orbital velocity is greater than the local circular velocity, and so the chaser slightly pulls ahead of the target. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2D80:C805:81AA:5CC2:5F51:59B5:F34C (talk) 02:42, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
Ladies and Gentlemen, 2601:151:C304:7200:E192:E5E:2D5E:E8AE (talk) 09:22, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Article is mostly about manually controlled rendevous - Could have a section on automated rendezvous and proximity operations, which could mention DART (satellite) (failed) and Orbital Express (needed manual intervention). - Rod57 (talk) 18:25, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
" A spacecraft in a certain orbit cannot arbitrarily alter its velocity. " What? I'm no scientist, but this article then goes on to explain that a spacecraft CAN alter its velocity. Maybe someone with good understanding and writing can update it. 137.188.108.202 (talk) 14:54, 19 June 2023 (UTC)