A three-mass tethered system for micro-g/variable-g applicationsThis paper describes a Space-Station attached tethered system for micro-g/variable-g applications. The system consists of three platforms: the Space Station, an end mass anchored at the end of a 10 km long kevlar tether and a micro-g/variable-g laboratory with the capability of crawling along the tether. Control strategies are devised for performing both the deployment and the station-keeping maneuvers of the system. Effective algorithms are identified for damping out the major vibrational modes.
Document ID
19860062675
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Lorenzini, E. C. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)