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Solution of the flyby problem for large space debris at sun-synchronous orbits

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the paper considers the flyby problem related to large space debris (LSD) objects at low earth orbits. The data on the overall dimensions of known last and upper stages of launch vehicles makes it possible to single out five compact groups of such objects from the NORAD catalog in the 500–2000 km altitude interval. The orbits of objects of each group have approximately the same inclinations. The features of the mutual distribution of the orbital planes of LSD objects in the group are shown in a portrait of the evolution of deviations of the right ascension of ascending nodes (RAAN). In the case of the first three groups (inclinations of 71°, 74°, and 81°), the straight lines of relative RAAN deviations of object orbits barely intersect each other. The fourth (83°) and fifth (97°–100°) LSD groups include a considerable number of objects whose orbits are described by straight lines (diagonals), which intersect other lines many times. The use of diagonals makes it possible to significantly reduce the temporal and total characteristic velocity expenditures required for object flybys, but it complicates determination of the flyby sequence. Diagonal solutions can be obtained using elements of graph theory. A solution to the flyby problem is presented for the case of group 5, formed of LSD objects at sun-synchronous orbits.

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  1. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miusskaya pl. 4, Moscow, 125047, Russia

    A. A. Baranov

  2. Bauman Moscow State Technical University, ul. Vtoraya Baumanskaya 1, str. 1, Moscow, 105005, Russia

    A. A. Baranov, D. A. Grishko, V. V. Medvedevskikh & V. V. Lapshin

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Baranov, D.A. Grishko, V.V. Medvedevskikh, V.V. Lapshin, 2016, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2016, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 242–250.

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Baranov, A.A., Grishko, D.A., Medvedevskikh, V.V. et al. Solution of the flyby problem for large space debris at sun-synchronous orbits. Cosmic Res 54, 229–236 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952516030011

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