Chinese Space Science and Technology ›› 2019, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 49-.doi: 10.16708/j.cnki.1000-758X.2019.0039

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Space microgravity combination and its control

 YU  Shao-Hua   

  1. National Space Science Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100080, China
  • Published:2019-10-25 Online:2019-10-25

Abstract: Space microgravity combination is an upgraded version of the tethered satellite system, a more powerful and prospective version for future applications. However, both the systems are beset with the same problem: if there is no preset control,the system′s motion is unstable. Therefore, an effective control algorithm has to be developed to make the system stable. Based on a simplified dynamic model of tethered satellite,the relationship between microgravity and dynamic inertia forces was used to deduce a very unique range rate control algorithm to stabilize the system concisely and productively. This algorithm can be applied to massdistributed, elastic and other more complex cases of tethered satellite control. It can also be successfully adopted to control inorbit rendezvous and docking missions of the space microgravity combination.

Key words: space combination, microgravity environment, tethered satellite system, rendezvous and docking, range rate control algorithm