A methodology for producing simulations of the docking of a rigid spacecraft with any unrestrained flexible structure was studied. A detailed algorithm for the simulation of the docking of a rigid body with a nonuniform unrestrained beam was sought. The values acquired during docking by the variables characterizing the motions of the rigid body and the unrestrained beam were sought.
Docking of a rigid spacecraft with unrestrained orbiting flexible structure
1983-04-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
Tether docking of orbiting spacecraft Final report
NTRS | 1971
|Tether Docking of Orbiting Spacecraft Final Report
NTIS | 1971
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