Kurs-NA

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Kurs-NA is a modernized, digital version of the Russian Kurs spacecraft automatic docking system used to guide and dock visiting vehicles to space stations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf spacecraft docking system
spacecraft guidance system
appliesTo Progress spacecraft NERFINISHED
Soyuz spacecraft NERFINISHED
visiting vehicles to space stations
basedOn Kurs docking system NERFINISHED
category space avionics
spacecraft subsystem
controls relative motion between spacecraft and space station
countryOfOrigin Russia
designedFor low Earth orbit operations
developedIn 21st century
domain orbital rendezvous
spacecraft docking
feature digital electronics
enhanced rendezvous accuracy
improved reliability
modernized radio equipment
reduced mass
reduced power consumption
hasAbbreviationMeaning "NA" denotes new, digital modification of Kurs system
improvesUpon Kurs-A fault tolerance
Kurs-A mass characteristics
Kurs-A power efficiency
languageOfInterface Russian
manufacturer RSC Energia NERFINISHED
missionRole approach guidance
final docking alignment
range and range-rate measurement
operator Roscosmos NERFINISHED
partOf Russian human spaceflight program
replaces analog Kurs-A system
status operational
succeeds Kurs-A
supports automatic docking mode
backup manual docking via TORU system
use automatic rendezvous and docking
spacecraft navigation
usedFor crewed transport missions
uncrewed cargo missions
usedOn International Space Station NERFINISHED
Russian Orbital Segment NERFINISHED
uses antenna arrays
onboard digital computer
radio-frequency sensors

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