AbstractThis paper examines the planar dynamics of a wheel-and-spoke configured multi-spacecraft system, connected together by variable length tethers, near the second Sun–Earth Lagrangian point. The closed form solutions of the system under some simple tether length functions are determined and numerical results for the tether pitch librations under more complex tether length functions are obtained, along with the control effort required to maintain the desired tether librations.
Planar dynamics of variable length multi-tethered spacecraft near collinear Lagrangian points
Acta Astronautica ; 63 , 11-12 ; 1178-1187
2008-06-25
10 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Planar dynamics of variable length multi-tethered spacecraft near collinear Lagrangian points
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