Precision tethered satellite attitude control

摘要: Tethered spacecraft possess unique dynamic characteristics which make them advantageous for certain classes of experiments. One use tethers are particularly well suited is to provide an isolated platform spaceborne observatories. The advantages tethering a pointing 1 or 2 km from space shuttle station that, compared placing the observatory on parent spacecraft, vibrational disturbances attenuated and contamination eliminated. In practice, all satellites have some requirement attitude control tethered no exception. It has previously been shown that conventional means performing insufficient any mission with requirements more stringent than about deg. This due mainly relatively large force applied by tether spacecraft. A effective method implementing this tension generate torques moving attach point relative subsatellite center mass. demonstration technique astrophysical proposed flight test project referred as Kinetic Isolation Tether Experiment (KITE).