Quasi-satellite system for leader-follower spacecraft formation
The quasi-satellite motion is where a celestial body appears to orbit around another body that is also orbiting a common focus. The recent discoveries of asteroids in quasi-satellite motion around the Earth inspired this work. This paper attempts to look into exploiting the quasi-satellite dynamics...
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| author | Mohd Harithuddin, Ahmad Salahuddin |
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| description | The quasi-satellite motion is where a celestial body appears to orbit around another body that is also orbiting a common focus. The recent discoveries of asteroids in quasi-satellite motion around the Earth inspired this work. This paper attempts to look into exploiting the quasi-satellite dynamics in nature to provide a new perspective in spacecraft formation flight. We consider a two-spacecraft formation flight in which the follower appears to orbit of the leader in its reference frame. We perform a parametric analysis by varying the orbital elements of leader and follower examine the initial conditions needed to simulate a quasi-satellite formation system. We illustrate the trajectories of the follower spacecraft. This serves two purposes: firstly, to demonstrate formation flight based on the idea of quasi-satellite; and secondly, to gain some insights on the shapes of the resultant "quasi-orbits". |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-537172018-01-11T05:43:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53717/ Quasi-satellite system for leader-follower spacecraft formation Mohd Harithuddin, Ahmad Salahuddin The quasi-satellite motion is where a celestial body appears to orbit around another body that is also orbiting a common focus. The recent discoveries of asteroids in quasi-satellite motion around the Earth inspired this work. This paper attempts to look into exploiting the quasi-satellite dynamics in nature to provide a new perspective in spacecraft formation flight. We consider a two-spacecraft formation flight in which the follower appears to orbit of the leader in its reference frame. We perform a parametric analysis by varying the orbital elements of leader and follower examine the initial conditions needed to simulate a quasi-satellite formation system. We illustrate the trajectories of the follower spacecraft. This serves two purposes: firstly, to demonstrate formation flight based on the idea of quasi-satellite; and secondly, to gain some insights on the shapes of the resultant "quasi-orbits". Institute of Physics Publishing 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53717/1/Quasi-satellite%20system%20for%20leader-follower%20spacecraft.pdf Mohd Harithuddin, Ahmad Salahuddin (2016) Quasi-satellite system for leader-follower spacecraft formation. In: AEROTECH VI - Innovation in Aerospace Engineering and Technology, 8–9 Nov 2016 , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (pp. 1-9). http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/152/1/012034/meta 10.1088/1757-899X/152/1/012034 |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Harithuddin, Ahmad Salahuddin Quasi-satellite system for leader-follower spacecraft formation |
| title | Quasi-satellite system for leader-follower spacecraft formation |
| title_full | Quasi-satellite system for leader-follower spacecraft formation |
| title_fullStr | Quasi-satellite system for leader-follower spacecraft formation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quasi-satellite system for leader-follower spacecraft formation |
| title_short | Quasi-satellite system for leader-follower spacecraft formation |
| title_sort | quasi satellite system for leader follower spacecraft formation |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53717/1/Quasi-satellite%20system%20for%20leader-follower%20spacecraft.pdf |
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