Effect of Electromagnetic Forces on the Orbital Dynamics of Tethered Satellites

Lanoix, Eric L.-M.; Misra, A. K.; Modi, V. J.; Tyc, George

doi:10.2514/1.1759

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“…Afterwards, Zhou et al [78] extended this approach for the planar TSS motion to include an out-of-plane tether motion. Lanoix et al [79] investigated the long-term effect of electro-dynamic forces on the equinoctial orbital elements of a TSS by using a detailed model including the Earth's magnetic field, the tether dynamics, the gravity and the aerodynamic effects.…”

Section: Dynamics and Control Of Two-body Tsssmentioning

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Advances in dynamics and control of tethered satellite systems

2008

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The concept of tethered satellite system (TSS) promises to revolutionize many aspects of space exploration and exploitation. It provides not only numerous possible and valuable applications, but also challenging and interesting problems related to their dynamics, control, and physical implementation. Over the past decades, this exciting topic has attracted significant attention from many researchers and gained a vast number of analytical, numerical and experimental achievements with a focus on the two essential aspects of both dynamics and control. This review article presents the historic background and recent hot topics for the space tethers, and introduces the dynamics and control of TSSs in a progressive manner, from basic operating principles to the state-of-the-art achievements.

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Section: Dynamics and Control Of Two-body Tsssmentioning

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Advances in dynamics and control of tethered satellite systems

2008

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“…Secondly, accurate and flexible simulation tools are necessary to assess EDT's performance and allow non-experts and potential investors to evaluate the technology, explore the use of EDTs in new scenarios, and make decisions. Accordingly, research groups and companies have developed EDT simulators with different degree of accuracy, complexity and computational cost like TEMPEST [16], FLEX [17], DYNATETHER [18], TetherSim T M [19], and BETsMA [20] among many others [21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28]. A central element of these software is the electric module, i.e.…”

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A code for the analysis of missions with electrodynamic tethers

2022

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“…Moreover, the generation of electrical current is constrained by the boundary conditions at each end, and it is a two-point boundary value problem as presented in [13,15]. Many approaches based on the rigid or flexible tether model have been proposed and developed [9,13,14,[16][17][18]. For instance, the optimization methods have generally been applied to solve the non-dimensional OML equations of the rigid tether model [13].…”

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Parameter influence on electron collection efficiency of a bare electrodynamic tether

Zhu

2017

Sci. China Inf. Sci.

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This study develops a coupled multiphysics finite element method for the dynamic analysis of a bare flexible electrodynamic tether. Contrary to the existing methods, the new method discretizes and solves the orbital motion limited equation and the dynamic equation of an elastic flexible tether simultaneously. First, the new method is verified via comparison with the existing methods in a straight tether situation. Second, the number of tether elements, tether bending deformation, and two design parameters at the cathodic end affecting the electrical current are investigated. It is determined that the tether bending deformation and the two parameters i.e., the impedance Z T and Φ PW have a significant impact on the electron collection efficiency of an electrodynamic tether system. The results indicate that the proposed method should be applied in the refined mission analysis.

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Effect of Electromagnetic Forces on the Orbital Dynamics of Tethered Satellites

Cited by 46 publications

References 4 publications

Advances in dynamics and control of tethered satellite systems

Advances in dynamics and control of tethered satellite systems

A code for the analysis of missions with electrodynamic tethers

Parameter influence on electron collection efficiency of a bare electrodynamic tether

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