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The Italian participation to the tethered satellite system
Acta Astronautica, 1982Abstract In this paper the Tethered Satellite System (TSS) is presented in its various aspects of scientific and applicative utilization, program development and technical realization. 1. First, the basic features of TSS are introduced, together with its potential applications which have been preliminarily proposed to NASA. 2.
G. Colombo +2 more
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Control of the vibrations of a tethered satellite system
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2000The authors discuss the landing capsule leaving the orbit by means of a tether without using jet engines. This system is modelled by symbolic dynamical equations of multibody systems. Active damping is provided by an actuator between the main body and the tether. The control parameters are optimized.
Dignath, F., Schiehlen, W.
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The tethered satellite system - An electrodynamic mission
27th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 1989The tethered satellite system, a joint U.S.-Italian project to develop a Space Shuttle-based facility for deploying satellites either radially toward or away from the earth to distances up to 100 km, is described with particular attention given to its first mission (TSS-1).
NOBIE STONE, THOMAS STUART
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Control of an Orbiting Platform Supported Tethered Satellite System
IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 1989Abstract A mathematical model is proposed for studying the dynamics of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS) consisting of a plate-type space station from which a tether supported subsatellite is deployed or retrieved. The rigid body dynamics of the tether, subsatellite and space station are analyzed accounting for the mass of the tether as well as a ...
P.K. Lakshmanan, V.J. Modi, A.K. Misra
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Tethered satellite systems: A challenge for mechanics and applied mathematics
GAMM-Mitteilungen, 2009AbstractTethered satellite systems that is two or more satellites in orbit connected by thin long cables, pose a number of challenging problems in mechanics concerning modeling and derivation of the equations of motion and in applied mathematics, concerning the numerical simulation of their dynamics, deciding on stability of relative equilibria and the
Schwarzbart, Michael +4 more
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Dynamics and control of tethered satellite systems
Acta Astronautica, 2008Abstract Dynamics and control of two-body and n -body tethered satellites are considered. At first, nonlinear roll and pitch motions of two-body systems are examined. Then the effects of aerodynamic and electrodynamic forces on the stability of a tethered satellite are discussed. Various control schemes to stabilize the dynamics during retrieval
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Stabilizing tethered satellite systems using space manipulators
Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'94), 2002The use of space manipulators to stabilize a two-body tethered satellite system (TSS) during the stationkeeping and retrieval phases, is considered. The uncontrolled motion of the system in the stationkeeping phase is marginally stable, while during the retrieval phase it is unstable.
Mohammad Jafar Sadigh, Arun K. Misra
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Relative equilibria of tethered satellite systems and their stability for very stiff tethers
Dynamical Systems: An International Journal, 2001We study the existence and stability of the relative equilibria of systems of two satellites joined by a tether. Since tethers used in practice are very stiff we consider a stiff tether as a perturbation of an inextensible tether. We show that the equations for relative equilibria and the stability conditions are continuous as stiffness approaches ...
M. Krupa +4 more
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I-V characteristics of the Tethered Satellite System
35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 1997The TSS-1R science mission was conducted on the space shuttle STS-75 at the end of February 1996. During the flight, the Tethered Satellite was deployed to a distance of 19.7km and current was collected by the Satellite. Over the course of science operations, a rich dataset of current-voltage measurements was collected from instruments onboard both the
C.-L. Chang +5 more
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Dynamics of tethered satellite systems
2012Vladimir S. Aslanov, Alexander S. Ledkov
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