Tethered satellite systems: Review of the problem

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1Alpatov, AP, 2Dranovsky, VI, 3Zakrzhevskii, AE, 4Pirozhenko, AV, 5Khoroshylov, VS
1Institute of Technical Mechanics of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Dnipro, Ukraine; 2- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China;
2Yangel Yuzhnoye State Design Office, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
3S.P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
4Institute of Technical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Dnipro, Ukraine
5Yangel Yuzhnoye State Design Office, Dnipro, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 1997, 3 ;(3):021–029
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit1997.05.021
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
Problems arising in the dynamics of tethered satellite systems are discussed. The problems and the modes of attacking them are classified. We analyze physical models, methods for building mathe­matical models, as well as possible modes of motion of tethered satellite systems.
Keywords: spacecraft tethered systems
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