Technique for altering a client spacecraft's rotational rate including the precise positioning of a servicing spacecraft in close proximity of a client spacecraft, alignment of a fluid release output device on the servicing spacecraft that imparts a force on the client spacecraft by means of fluid release, and subsequent use of the fluid release output device to mitigate tumbling of the client spacecraft. This allows the servicing spacecraft to slow the rotation of a tumbling client spacecraft in order to perform additional servicing operations.
ATTITUDE RATE MITIGATION OF SPACECRAFT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
2020-08-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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