Mathematical models of a reference space station configuration (Power Tower) and a Space Shuttle Orbiter are developed and used to study the dynamic behavior of the Space Station/Orbiter system just prior to and subsequent to an impulsive docking of the two spacecraft. The physical model of the space station is a collection of rigid and flexible bodies. The orbiter is modeled as a rigid body. An algorithm developed for use in digitally simulating the dynamics of the system is described and results of its application are presented.
Space Station/Shuttle Orbiter Dynamics during Docking
1987
42 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Astronautics , Manned Spacecraft , Control systems design , Flexible bodies , Space shuttle orbiters , Space stations , Spacecraft docking , Angular velocity , Vibration mode , Algorithms , Computer programs , Equations of motion , Mathematical models , Nastran , Orbital maneuvers , Rigid structures
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