Deployment/Stationkeeping Dynamics of N Body Orbiting Sat Constellation

ISBN-13: 9783639125559 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 264 str.

Avaine Strong

Opis

The trend to develop small, low-cost spacecraft hasled many to recognize the advantage of flyingmultiple spacecraft in formation to achieve thecorrelated instrument measurements formerly possibleonly by flying many instruments on a single, largeplatform. This book explores the techniques forstation keeping an orbiting constellation ofsatellites in an elliptical orbit after the initialdeployment is developed. Constellation stationkeeping were investigated by: implementing variouspropulsive maneuvers at different times based onLagranges planetary equations for impulsiveperturbations; a combination of propulsive strategiesthat deliberately shifted the line of apsides and LQRfb employing the Tschauner and Hempel equations.Analyses for deploying are developed and evaluatedbased on: non-linear two point boundary value problemvia Pontryagins Prin; numerical techniques using theshooting method; optimal thrust in near min and mintime. This book sheds light on recent advances in thefield of astronautical sciences and should proveuseful for the practicing professional or forconducting research in spaceflight mechanics. MATLABprograms included.

O autorze

Avaine Strong, Ph.D: Phys - Howard Uni, MS: Math
- Northwestern LA State Uni, MS: EE/CE & Phys -
Uni of New Mexico. Positions held: Officer US Army;
federal civil servant; Computer Scientist, Mathematician,
Physicist at the AFWL, Kirtland AFB, Gen Eng at Redstone
Arsenal; Research Analyst in industry. Head, Depart of
Physics, Grambling State Uni.