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R. Krenn, K. Landzettel, C. Kaiser, P. Rank – Simulation of the Docking Phase for the Smart-OLEV Satellite Servicing Mission Simulation of the Docking Phase for the SMART-OLEV Satellite Servicing Mission Clemens Kaiser, Peter Rank Rainer Krenn, Klaus Landzettel Kayser-Threde GmbH German Aerospace Center, DLR clemens.kaiser@ rainer.krenn@dlr.de Abstract over attitude and orbit control functions for the client satellite allowing the client to continue to operate the Satellite servicing in GEO in terms of fleet other functions on the communication satellite as management and life extension is going to be an normal. In this way valuable geostationary hardware important element in the telecom satellite operations and orbital slots can be maintained and secured in a business from the commercial point of view. The very cost effective manner. SMART-OLEV Orbital Live Extension Vehicle mission concept is based on a chaser satellite that docks at a client satellite and takes over the AOCS- tasks of the mated configuration and/or performs orbital manoeuvres. The most critical phase within this mission will be the soft- docking of both satellites. Extensive simulations of this phase have been performed in order to detect critical issues of the docking strategy and to verify the technical feasibility of the mission. The applied models cover the dynamics of the satellites and their AOCS as well as the applied docking sensors and tools. The FEM-inspired Polygonal Contact Model was used for high fidelity simulation of the physical contact between the satellites. Concluding the docking simulations could Figure 1:SMART-OLEV Spacecraft successfully support the OLEV-project to achieve the status ready to continue for phases C/D. SMART-OLEV will be controlled before an