Title: Controlled attitude motion of the space tether system at the retraction tether stage

Authors: Ruslan S. Pikalov; Vladimir S. Aslanov

Addresses: Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, 443086, Russia ' Samara National Research University, Moskovskoe Shosse 34А, Samara, 443086, Russia

Abstract: This study focuses on the dynamics of a rendezvous of a tug and large space debris connected by a viscoelastic tether. It is assumed that control is realised by changing the length of the tether. The goal is to study the dynamic of the manoeuvre of the rendezvous and to find the ways, which allow to control the attitude motion of a space tether system. The results can be applied to the implementation of rendezvous of two bodies using the tether.

Keywords: space debris; active debris removal; space tug; space tether system; attitude control.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESMS.2020.111270

International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, 2020 Vol.11 No.4, pp.170 - 175

Received: 14 Sep 2019
Accepted: 23 Mar 2020
Published online: 17 Nov 2020 *

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