Dynamics of the tethered geo defunct satellite with flexible appendages

Anrui Shi*, Rui Qi, Shan Lu, Yu Liu, Jingrui Zhang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

There are many defunct satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO). The existence of them makes the GEO orbit crowded. And defunct satellites a potential source of great number of small space debris who poses a threat to the safety of wellworking satellites. By considering the vibration many destroy the flexible appendages of defunct satellites, this paper studied the dynamic of defunct satellites removal by space net. This paper simplifies the tug-tether-net-defunct satellite system into a TST system. The flexible panels are considered as thin plates with one fixed edge and three free edges. The TST system is analyzed, and the kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy and generalized force of system are obtained. The equations of motion of the formation are obtained by using Lagrange's equation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDynamics and Control of Space Systems
EditorsJeng-Shing Chern, Ya-Zhong Luo, Xiao-Qian Chen, Lei Chen
PublisherUnivelt Inc.
Pages2071-2078
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9780877036531
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event4th IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, DYCOSS 2018 - Changsha, China
Duration: 21 May 201823 May 2018

Publication series

NameAdvances in the Astronautical Sciences
Volume165
ISSN (Print)0065-3438

Conference

Conference4th IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, DYCOSS 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChangsha
Period21/05/1823/05/18

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