Dynamics of Tethered Satellite Systems
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Dynamics of Tethered Satellite Systems

1st Edition - October 16, 2012

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  • Authors: Vladimir Aslanov, Alexander Ledkov
  • eBook ISBN: 9780857096005

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Aimed at engineering students and professionals working in the field of mechanics of space flight, this book examines space tether systems – one of the most forward-thinking directions of modern astronautics. The main advantage of this technology is the simplicity, profitability and ecological compatibility: space tethers allow the execution of various manoeuvers in orbit without costs of jet fuel due to the use of gravitational and electromagnetic fields of the Earth. This book will acquaint the reader with the modern state of the space tether’s dynamics, with specific attention on the research projects of the nearest decades. This book presents the most effective mathematical models and the methods used for the analysis and prediction of space tether systems’ motion; attention is also given to the influence of the tether on spacecraft’s motion, to emergencies and chaotic modes.

Key Features

  • Written by highly qualified experts with practical experience in both the fields of mechanics of space flight, and in the teaching
  • Contains detailed descriptions of mathematical models and methods, and their features, that allow the application of the material of the book to the decision of concrete practical tasks
  • New approaches to the decision of problems of space flight mechanics are offered, and new problems are posed

Readership

Engineering students and professionals working in the field of mechanics of space flight

Table of Contents

  • List of figures

    List of tables

    About the authors

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Space tether systems: review of the problem

    Abstract:

    1.1 Application of space tether systems

    1.2 Chronology of experiments with the use of space tethers

    1.3 Materials for tether production

    1.4 Study of space tether dynamics: state of the problem

    Chapter 2: Mathematical models of space tether systems

    Abstract:

    2.1 Simple models of STS consisting of two point masses connected by a massless tether

    2.2 Simple model of a STS consisting of two point masses connected by a heavy tether

    2.3 Model of a STS with a ponderous flexible tether

    2.4 Model of a STS consisting of a point mass connected by a heavy tether with a rigid body

    2.5 Model of a STS consisting of two rigid bodies connected by a heavy elastic multipoint tether

    Chapter 3: Motion of a spacecraft with a tethered payload

    Abstract:

    3.1 Mathematical model of a base spacecraft with a tethered payload

    3.2 Analytical solution in case of a slow changing of the parameters

    3.3 The approximate analytical solutions in the variables of the amplitude–phase

    3.4 Analytical solutions for small oscillations

    3.5 Estimation of the microaccelerations level on board the spacecraft

    3.6 Motion of the spacecraft with a propulsion system

    3.7 Motion of a spacecraft around its centre of mass in a circular orbit with a vertically deployed elastic tether

    Chapter 4: Delivery of a payload from an orbit by means of a space tether

    Abstract:

    4.1 Tether deployment schemes

    4.2 Project YES2

    4.3 Modelling of the YES2 tether deployment

    4.4 Abnormal situations during tether deployment

    Chapter 5: Use of methods of chaotic dynamics for the analysis of tether system motion

    Abstract:

    5.1 Some elements of chaotic dynamics

    5.2 The chaotic approach in STS dynamics

    Conclusion

    Index

Product details

  • No. of pages: 356
  • Language: English
  • Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2012
  • Published: October 16, 2012
  • Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
  • eBook ISBN: 9780857096005

About the Authors

Vladimir Aslanov

Professor Aslanov has been Department Head/Professor at Samara State Aerospace University since 1989. Since 2019, he has also served as the head of the ‘Space Flight Mechanics Laboratory’ at the Moscow Aviation Institute. His scientific interests include classical mechanics, nonlinear oscillations and chaotic dynamics, mechanics of space flight, dynamics of gyrostats, and dynamics of tethered satellite systems and spacecraft stability. He has published multiple books, including Dynamics of Tethered Satellite Systems and Rigid Body Dynamics for Space Dynamics, both with Elsevier.

Affiliations and Expertise

Head of Theoretical Mechanics Department, Samara State Aerospace University, Russia

Alexander Ledkov

Professor Ledkov joined Samara State Aerospace University in 2021 and also holds a joint appointment as a Senior Researcher at the Mechanics Research Laboratory at the same institute. His research interests include classical mechanics, mechanics of space flight, dynamics of tethered satellite systems, contactless transportations in space, and re-entry vehicles dynamics. He is the co-author of Dynamics of the Tethered Satellite System, published in 2012 by Elsevier.

Affiliations and Expertise

Samara State Aerospace University, Russia

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