Analytical investigation of the dynamics of tethered constellations in Earth orbit, phase 2
Abstract
This Quarterly Report deals with the deployment maneuver of a single-axis, vertical constellation with three masses. A new, easy to handle, computer code that simulates the two-dimensional dynamics of the constellation has been implemented. This computer code is used for designing control laws for the deployment maneuver that minimizes the acceleration level of the low-g platform during the maneuver.
- Publication:
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Report
- Pub Date:
- July 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985sao..reptQ....L
- Keywords:
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- Analysis (Mathematics);
- Earth Orbits;
- Equatorial Orbits;
- Gravitational Fields;
- Stationkeeping;
- Tethered Satellites;
- Three Body Problem;
- Equations Of Motion;
- Lagrange Coordinates;
- Steady State;
- Astrodynamics