Interception of a free-rotating satellite: an autonomous rendezvous scenario

• Autorzy: Seweryn K. , Banaszkiewicz M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The spacecraft's lifetime is often limited by reliability and redundancy of its components. Furthermore, serious restrictions on duration of spacecraft operations are posed by finite amount of fuel or cooling agent. It is also clear that once a satellite is launched, it is extremely difficult to replace/modify its hardware on the orbit. Future spacecraft missions, especially huge planetary orbiters, will require servicing support from autonomous unmanned satellites. In this paper we introduce and analyze a new scenario for interception of a free rotating satellite ion a Keplerian orbit. The scenario is divided into several stages to be executed by the servicing satellite: attitude determination of the target object; own motion planning; determination of the optimal target position and orientation before docking; controlled approach, i.e., decreasing of a range between satellites; orbiting of the servicing satellite around the target satellite; docking, i.e., radial degreasing of the intersatellite range till the satellites contact, while keeping constant the relative orienta- tion between them. The control algorithm for the servicing satellite motion during its maneuvers is described. Finally, a few examples of satellite motion simulations according to the proposed scenario are presented.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

satellite rendezvous; autonomous control systems; docking maneuvers

• Wydawca: Instytut Łączności - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: nr 1
• Strony: 59--62
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr.11 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Seweryn K.

autor

Banaszkiewicz M.

• Space Research Centra, Polish academy of scence, Bartycka st 18a, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland,

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