Dynamics of remote orbital capture

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Aug 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984adans..54...37c&link_type=abstract

IN: Astrodynamics 1983; Proceedings of the Conference, Lake Placid, NY, August 22-25, 1983. Part 1 (A84-30526 13-13). San Diego,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astrodynamics, Orbital Servicing, Spacecraft Motion, Spacecraft Recovery, Payload Retrieval (Sts), Torque, Two Body Problem

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The problem of detumbling or 'passivating' a satellite is considered. Passivation would be necessary before a satellite could be repaired in, or returned by a robot spacecraft to, a low earth orbit. Two models are considered. In the first, various torque application schemes are applied to a target satellite and the resulting motion determined, without regard to the motion of the retrieving spacecraft (which would experience equal and opposite torques). In the second model a candidate configuration of the retriever spacecraft is proposed and the motion of both bodies, connected at one joint, is determined for various detumbling schemes. For this second and more realistic model it is described how a graphic display may be used to illustrate the motion with simulated depth.

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