绳系卫星系统交会对接的应用与设计

文章介绍了绳系系统交会对接这项新技术在空间中的应用.主要包括:空间站利用系绳与航天器交会对接,实现为空间站提供各种供给;利用绳系系统与空间碎片对接,可回收或转移空间碎片,保护空间环境;利用一级或多级的绳系系统组成轨道转移系统,实现向地球同步轨道或火星轨道上转移和运送有效载荷.文章还介绍了绳系交会对接系统的设计,包括系统的一般控制方法和算法以及系统的结构设计.随着各项相关技术的发展,绳系卫星系统交会对接将发挥更大作用.

Application and Design of Tethered Satellite System Rendezvous

It involves some special characteristics to use tether for achieving rendezvous of spacecraft. The application of tether-mediated orbital rendezvous in space is introduced in this paper, focusing on the following three aspects: for space station to rendezvous with spacecraft for obtaining supply or service; for the tethered system to rendezvous with space debris to callback and remove them for keeping a clear space environment; the single-stage or multi-stage tethered system using tether-mediated rendezvous as an orbit transfer system to transfer and carry payload to GEO and Mars orbits. The system design of tether-mediated rendezvous system is also discussed, including the general control methods, algorithms, and structure design. With the development of related technologies, the tether-mediated rendezvous will play more important role in space.