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Deployment and stabilization of the motion of a space tethered system in a lunar orbit
- Authors: Ledkova T.A.1, Zabolotnov Y.M.1
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Affiliations:
- Samara National Research University
- Issue: Vol 20, No 2 (2021)
- Pages: 63-73
- Section: AIRCRAFT AND SPACE ROCKET ENGINEERING
- URL: https://journals.ssau.ru/vestnik/article/view/8931
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18287/2541-7533-2021-20-2-63-73
- ID: 8931
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The motion of a space tether system, consisting of a constellation of two microsatellites and a space station, is investigated. The station moves in a circular undisturbed circular lunar orbit. The process of deployment of tethers to bring the system into a working near-vertical condition is considered. A program for controlling the tether tension force that ensures the deployment of tethers to the required length and stabilizes the system in the vertical position is proposed. A study of the stability of the equilibrium position of a mechanical system is carried out. It is shown that the motion carried out during the deployment of a tethered system according to the program proposed in the work is asymptotically stable.
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T. A. Ledkova
Samara National Research University
Author for correspondence.
Email: ta_ledkova@bk.ru
Postgraduate Student of the Department of Flight Dynamics and Control Systems
Russian FederationYu. M. Zabolotnov
Samara National Research University
Email: yumz@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0409-3107
Doctor of Science (Engineering), Professor, Department of Software Systems
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