Application of Tether Technology in Space
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Astronautics & Space Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 April 2025 | Viewed by 780
Special Issue Editors
Interests: dynamics and control of tethered spacecraft system; model predictive control strategy; state identification and estimation; novel concept of space structure; solid mechanics and finite element method
Interests: asteriod exploration; orbital manoeuver using tether technology; mega-constellations maintenance; state estimation and controller design; orbital and attitude dynamics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research on the space tether is increasing due to the relative maturity of on-orbit service technology and the high demand for new space tasks.
The Special Issue focuses on the application of tether technology in space, for example, the tethered spacecraft for constellation, space elevator, momentum exchange tether, electrodynamic tether system, tethered space robot, electrodynamic tethers, tethered space net, electric solar wind sail, etc. It covers precise numerical modeling methodology, state estimation and controller design, mission analysis, and experimental test validation.
Tethered spacecraft have great potential in space debris removal by electrodynamic tethers, the orbital maneuver of spacecraft, spacecraft formation flying, space elevator for the payload transfer, and electric solar wind sail for deep space exploration. The published research studies are categorized into five parts: (i) the numerical modeling techniques, including the finite element, finite difference method, spectral finite element method, and lumped mass method; (ii) unmeasured state estimation algorithm and controller design strategy for the tether-connected spacecraft, state estimation algorithm, and application of different control methods; (iii) CubeSat mission analysis related to the tether technology, for example, tether deployment and climber movement using external thruster; (iv) novel space structure using space tether as actuator and space solar power system; and (v) ground experimental validation using flat/rotating air bearing tables.
We invite you to submit papers related to the above-mentioned topics.
Dr. Gangqiang Li
Dr. Jinyu Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- space tether
- modeling technique
- state estimator/observer
- controller designer
- experiment
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