I've been doing rendezvous for a while, but only near planets. I'm wondering how to pull off a rendezvous while in transit between planets (Solar orbit or even a parabola). I don't think there's any documentation on such an odd mission out there.
Anyway, in a low-orbit rendezvous, it normally takes several orbits to come within a reasonable distance from the passive target for final approach. Obviously, you can't do that when your orbit has a period of a year or more. Would the manoeuvre then be more of a transfer than a typical rendezvous?
Thanks in advance.
P.S. Purely coincidence that this showed up right after another rendezvous question.
Anyway, in a low-orbit rendezvous, it normally takes several orbits to come within a reasonable distance from the passive target for final approach. Obviously, you can't do that when your orbit has a period of a year or more. Would the manoeuvre then be more of a transfer than a typical rendezvous?
Thanks in advance.
P.S. Purely coincidence that this showed up right after another rendezvous question.