Laboratory Study of the Active Debris Removal Algorithms on Air-Bearing Test Bed

Space debris removal is one of the most important problems in space exploration. This work is devoted to the development and testing of control algorithms for microsatellites mockups on an aerodynamic table. The mock-ups are equipped with thruster's simulators to control the motion of the cente...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2020-11, Vol.984 (1), p.12026
Main Authors: Mahdi, Akhloumadi, Filipp, Kozin, Ivanov, Danil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Angular velocity
Collision avoidance
Control algorithms
Control theory
Cubesat
Docking
Flight simulators
Microsatellites
Mockups
Space debris mitigation
Space exploration
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Summary:Space debris removal is one of the most important problems in space exploration. This work is devoted to the development and testing of control algorithms for microsatellites mockups on an aerodynamic table. The mock-ups are equipped with thruster's simulators to control the motion of the center of mass and angular motion on the plane of the table. The aim of the work is to construct a control algorithm using virtual potential functions and apply it to the problems of rendezvous and docking. Simultaneously with these tasks, the problem of avoiding a collision with an object in the event of a dangerous approach not from the docking side is solved. Also the algorithm for autonomous debris observation of the 3U CubeSat is proposed. The results of the control algorithm tests are presented in the paper.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/984/1/012026