Open AccessDeployment and stabilization of the motion of a space tethered system in a lunar orbit
Author(s) -
Т. А. Ледкова,
Т. А. Ледкова,
Yu. M. Zabolotnov,
Ю. М. Заболотнов
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik samarskogo universiteta. aèrokosmičeskaâ tehnika, tehnologii i mašinostroenie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-7533
pISSN - 2542-0453
DOI - 10.18287/2541-7533-2021-20-2-63-73
Subject(s) - software deployment , orbit (dynamics) , position (finance) , motion (physics) , circular orbit , work (physics) , aerospace engineering , space (punctuation) , physics , constellation , computer science , classical mechanics , engineering , astronomy , finance , economics , operating system , thermodynamics
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.