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A new method for the orbital modification of a tether connected satellite system

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The dynamical behavior of a tethered connected satellite system during tether length variation is considered. The system consists of a space station and a subsatellite moving along a straight massive tether of variable length. The space station and the subsatellite are assumed to be mass points. It is shown that appropriate length variation laws can be used to modify the characteristics of the assumed elliptical orbit of the system mass center. The performances of the method are compared to those obtained in the past for other tether length variation schemes.

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  1. Université Abdelmalek Essaădi, Faculté des Sciences, 2121, Tétouan, Maroc

    A. Djebli

  2. Laboratoire CEMIF Systèmes Complexes associé au CNRS, Université d’Evry Val d’Essonne, 40 rue du Pelvoux, 91020, EVRY Cédex, France

    M. Pascal

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Djebli, A., Pascal, M. A new method for the orbital modification of a tether connected satellite system. Acta Mechanica 167, 113–122 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-003-0024-7

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