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Author(s): Yevgeny Somov*, Sergey Butyrin and Sergey Somov

DOI: 10.2174/2210298102666220317144542

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Attitude and Orbit Control of a Space Robot at Additional Launching and Approaching a Geostationary Satellite

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Abstract

Background: The problems of putting a space robot into a geostationary orbit using a combined scheme and its approach to a geostationary satellite are considered. The authors’ previous results on this topic are briefly analyzed.

Objective: The paper deals with three problems: further development of a rational strategy for the robot’s add-launching on geostationary orbit and its approaching target using a plasma electric propulsion unit only; synthesis of the guidance and control laws; a nonlinear dynamical analysis of the robot’s attitude and orbit control system during these modes.

Methods: The developed methods and algorithms are based on the local optimizing the fuel consumption of the plasma electric propulsion unit during each inter-orbital flight of a space robot.

Results: Simulation results on the guidance and control algorithms are presented that demonstrate their effectiveness.

Conclusion: The breakthroughs are as follows: original strategy of add-launching and forecasting the influence of gravitational disturbances as well as solar pressure forces when synthesizing a robot’s guidance law for its inter-orbital flights.

Keywords: Space robot, additional launching, geostationary satellite, approaching, orbit control, algorithms.

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