Abstract: Theproblemsofapproachplanningandcontrolmethodforrendezvouswithanuncontrolledtumblingnoncooperativetargetinanellipticalorbitwerestudied.Onthepartofapproachplanning,thechaserandtargetspacecraftrendezvousedfromadistancetoasafeberthpoint,whichwasdesignedbyconsideringthestructureofthetargetspacecraft.Aftertheobservationattheberthpointforaperiodoftime,thegrasppointwasdeterminedandtheattitudemotionofthetargetspacecraftcanbepredicted.Then,asafeapproachtrajectoryfromtheberthpointtotheimplementpointforgraspingwasdesignedfortracking.Onthepartofcontrolmethod,byusingthemeasurementsoftherelativepositionandconsideringtheuncertaintiesoftheactualsystem,adaptivecontrollawsbasedonthecharacteristicmodelwereproposedforthewholerendezvousandapproachprocess.Finally,anexamplewasgiventoshowtheeffectivenessoftheproposedapproachplanningandcontrolmethod.

Key words: Ellipticalorbit, Noncooperativetarget, Uncontrolledtumbling, Rendezvousandapproach, Characteristicmodel；Spacecraft