Three-dimensional multi-tethered satellite formation with the elements moving along Lissajous curves

DOI10.1007/S10569-016-9683-2zbMATH Open1342.70033arXiv1603.05244OpenAlexW3098786682MaRDI QIDQ736963FDOQ736963

Authors: D. Kharzeev 

Publication date: 5 August 2016

Published in: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This note presents a novel approach to maintain three-dimensional multi-tethered satellite formation in space. For a formation consisting of a main body connected by tethers with several deputy satellites (the so-called "hub-and-spoke" configuration) we demonstrate that under proper choice of the system's parameters the deputy satellites can move along Lissajous curves in the plane normal to the local vertical with all tethers stretched, the total force due to the tension forces acting on the main satellite is balanced in a way allowing it to be in relative equilibrium strictly below or strictly above the system's center of mass. We analyze relations between the system's essential parameters and obtain conditions under which the proposed motion does take place. We also study analytically the motion stability for different configurations and whether the deputy satellites can collide or the tethers can entangle. Our theoretical findings are corroborated and validated by numerical experiments.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.05244

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zbMATH Keywords

stabilityperturbation theorycollisiontethered satellite systemhub-and-spoke configurationtethers entanglement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(n)-body problems (70F10) Perturbation theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H09) Collision of rigid or pseudo-rigid bodies (70F35)

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