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In order to realize automatization in rendezvous and docking mission, a method of long distance autonomous rendezvous for spacecraft is proposed. A maneuver strategy adapted to long distance autonomous rendezvous is designed. The control parameters are obtained by the autonomous maneuver plan algorithm which contains the initial value calculating and accurate solution iterating. The quasi-mean element method combined with the mean atmosphere density method is used to reduce the on-orbit calculation quantity. The simulation result shows that the design variables of this method satisfy the terminal conditions well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]