2023/07/25 by Francisco Salazar, Salazar, Francisco J. T., A. F. B. A. Prado +1
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD) #Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots #Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) #FOS: Physical sciences #Space Satellite Systems and Control
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2307.12990
openalex publication_date 2023/07/25 · openalex created_date 2023/07/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
This study focuses on attitude and control motion of two bodies (a base-satellite and a sub-satellite) connected by an inextensible and massless tether in a circular orbit under the influence of the Earths gravitational force. The base-satellite is assumed to be far more heavier than the sub-satellite. In such cases, the base-satellite is regarded as the reference spacecraft. Because of the complexity of the problem, no thrusters on the sub-satellite are considered, and the effect of atmospheric drag, Earths oblateness, and electrodynamic force on the spacecraft are neglected.