Dynamics of nanosatellite deorbit by bare electrodynamic tether in low earth orbit

R Zhong, ZH Zhu - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2013 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper studies the dynamics of nanosatellite deorbit by a bare electrodynamic tether.
The orbital dynamics of the tethered nanosatellite is modeled in Gaussian perturbation …

Libration dynamics and stability of electrodynamic tethers in satellite deorbit

R Zhong, ZH Zhu - Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 2013 - Springer
This paper studies libration dynamics and stability of deorbiting nano-satellites by short and
bare electrodynamic tethers. A critical aspect of satellite deorbit by an electrodynamic tether …

[PDF][PDF] Deorbiting dynamics of electrodynamic tether

ZH Zhu, R Zhong - International Journal of Aerospace and …, 2011 - researchgate.net
This paper studies satellite deorbit using electrodynamic tether (EDT) propulsion. Gaussian
perturbation equations are used to model the orbital dynamics of EDT with environmental …

Long-term libration dynamics and stability analysis of electrodynamic tethers in spacecraft deorbit

R Zhong, ZH Zhu - Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
Electrodynamic tether systems orbiting the Earth are prone to libration instability because of
periodic changes in the geomagnetic field, plasma density, and lunisolar gravitational …

Long term dynamics and optimal control of nano-satellite deorbit using a short electrodynamic tether

R Zhong, ZH Zhu - Advances in Space research, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper studies the long term dynamics and optimal control of a nano-satellite deorbit by
a short electrodynamic tether. The long term deorbit process is discretized into intervals and …

Libration and transverse dynamic stability control of flexible bare electrodynamic tether systems in satellite deorbit

G Li, ZH Zhu, SA Meguid - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper developed a high-fidelity dynamic model of flexible space tether systems by
considering the elastic, thermal, and electrical coupling effects on the dynamics and stability …

Libration control of bare electrodynamic tethers considering elastic–thermal–electrical coupling

G Li, ZH Zhu, J Cain, F Newland… - Journal of Guidance …, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
The paper investigates the elastic, thermal, and electrical coupling effects on the dynamics
and libration stability of flexible bare electrodynamic tethers in the end-of-mission satellite …

Effect of electromagnetic forces on the orbital dynamics of tethered satellites

ELM Lanoix, AK Misra, VJ Modi, G Tyc - Journal of guidance, control …, 2005 - arc.aiaa.org
Tethered satellites have a vast potential for space applications. If the tether is conductive,
electrodynamic forces result from the motion of the conductive tether relative to the magnetic …

[HTML][HTML] Deployment requirements for deorbiting electrodynamic tether technology

G Sarego, L Olivieri, A Valmorbida, A Brunello… - CEAS Space …, 2021 - Springer
In the last decades, green deorbiting technologies have begun to be investigated and have
raised a great interest in the space community. Among the others, electrodynamic tethers …

Orbital boost characteristics of spacecraft by electrodynamic tethers with consideration of electric-magnetic-dynamic energy coupling

J Liu, G Li, ZH Zhu, X Zhan - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates spacecraft orbital boost maneuver by a fully insulated
electrodynamic tether using a coupled multiphysics dynamic model that considers electric …