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Analysis of motion stability of a deployed space tether system with an atmospheric probe
- Authors: Zhe D.1, Zabolotnov Y.M.1, Changqing W.2
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Affiliations:
- Samara National Research University
- Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi’an
- Issue: Vol 15, No 2 (2016)
- Pages: 102-113
- Section: AIRCRAFT AND SPACE ROCKET ENGINEERING
- URL: https://journals.ssau.ru/vestnik/article/view/3065
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18287/2412-7329-2016-15-2-102-113
- ID: 3065
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The stability of motion of a space tether system with an atmospheric probe is investigated in the paper. The equilibrium position stability of a space tether system near the local vertical (static stability) and deployment stability (dynamic stability) is studied. A tether system consists of spacecraft from which the tether is deployed and an atmospheric probe. The Lagrangian method is used to derive a dynamic model of the tether system’s motion in a mobile orbital system of coordinates considering aerodynamic forces acting on the spacecraft and the probe. The conditions of tether system motion stability with respect to the local vertical are determined. Analytical analysis is confirmed by numerical examples.
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Dong Zhe
Samara National Research University
Author for correspondence.
Email: dongzhe@yandex.ru
Postgraduate student of the Department of Software Systems
Russian FederationYu. M. Zabolotnov
Samara National Research University
Email: yumz@yandex.ru
Doctor of Science (Engineering), Professor
Professor of the Department of Software Systems
Wang Changqing
Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi’an
Email: wangcq@mail.ru
PhD, Associate professor, Institute of Automation
Taiwan, Province of ChinaReferences
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