Equations of Motion of Free-Floating Spacecraft-Manipulator Systems: An Engineer's Tutorial
The paper provides a step-by-step tutorial on the Generalized Jacobian Matrix (GJM) approach for modeling and simulation of spacecraft-manipulator systems.
Marcello Romano+1 more
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Research of Materials and Manufacturing Technology System for On-orbit Manufacturing [PDF]
On-orbit manufacturing is affected by space microgravity, high vacuum, large temperature variation, strong radiation and other environmental factors, which also puts forward new requirements for materials and process methods suitable for on-orbit ...
Jiayong Yan+6 more
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Research on detection method of leakage rate of rough pumping valve in space environment simulator [PDF]
As an important part of the vacuum system in the space environment simulator, the rough pumping system reduces the vacuum degree of the container from atmospheric pressure to the pressure of the high vacuum system when the space environment simulator ...
Yue Wu+5 more
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Detecting Spacecraft Anomalies Using LSTMs and Nonparametric Dynamic Thresholding [PDF]
As spacecraft send back increasing amounts of telemetry data, improved anomaly detection systems are needed to lessen the monitoring burden placed on operations engineers and reduce operational risk.
K. Hundman+4 more
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Development of an X-Band Reflectarray Antenna for Satellite Communications
An X-band reflectarray antenna using 16 × 12 double square ring elements for satellite communications is proposed in this paper. The feed is a 4 × 3 elements microstrip patch array designed to create edge taper of approximately − 10 dB.
Bing Ma+7 more
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Design and validation of a space plasma environment detector for BeiDou navigation satellite
Most of the satellites of the BeiDou navigation system work in geostationary orbit (GEO) and medium earth orbit (MEO), where the space plasma environment can make a severe impact on spacecraft.
Tang Zhenyu+10 more
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Investigating Mercury’s Environment with the Two-Spacecraft BepiColombo Mission [PDF]
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission will provide simultaneous measurements from two spacecraft, offering an unprecedented opportunity to investigate magnetospheric and exospheric dynamics at Mercury as well as their interactions with the solar wind ...
A. Milillo+82 more
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MISSION PROFILE AND DESIGN CHALLENGES FOR MARS LANDING EXPLORATION [PDF]
An orbiter and a descent module will be delivered to Mars in the Chinese first Mars exploration mission. The descent module is composed of a landing platform and a rover.
J. Dong+6 more
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A multi‐frequency high‐gain GNSS array antenna for asteroid sampling return
An almost all‐metal L band multi‐frequency high‐gain GNSS array antenna for an asteroid sampling return mission has been developed for orbit determination.
Zhijia Liu+5 more
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The research of rapid decompression with its effect assessment and protection technology is the problem that must be faced by the future exploration projects such as near space exploration, deep space exploration, and long-term lunar or Mars base.
Junwei Wang+6 more
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