Survey on research and development of on-orbit active debris removal methods

Zhao, Pengyuan; Liu, Jinguo; Wu, Chenchen

doi:10.1007/s11431-020-1661-7

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“…To gain additional insight, the scheme Equation (6) proposed in this study is compared with the original TDC scheme [22], an existing TDE-based ASMC scheme [28], and an existing TDE-based AISMC scheme [31].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The capture and deorbit removal technology using a robotic arm is an extremely promising ADR scheme. In comparison to soft capture technologies such as tether-net capture [5], it avoids entanglement and critical oscillation and provides higher controllability and safety, albeit at the cost of increased control accuracy [6]. Normally, the capturing operation by space robotics can be divided into three phases: approach, contact, and postcapture phase [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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TDE-Based Adaptive Integral Sliding Mode Control of Space Manipulator for Space-Debris Active Removal

Zhang

Wang

et al. 2022

Aerospace

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The safe and dependable removal of large-scale space debris has been a long-standing challenge that is critical to the safety of spacecraft and astronauts. In the process of capturing and deorbiting space debris, the space manipulator must achieve extremely high control and precision. However, strong couplings, model uncertainties, and various inevitable unknown disturbances cause many difficulties in coordinated control of the space manipulator. To solve this challenge, this study examines the stabilization control of a space manipulator after capturing non-cooperative large-scale space debris and presents an adaptive integral sliding mode control (AISMC) scheme with time-delay estimation (TDE). The coupling term and lumped uncertainty are estimated by TDE technology, which eliminates the requirement of prior knowledge. Adaptive sliding mode control (ASMC) is used as desired injecting dynamics to compensate TDE errors, and a PID-type integral sliding mode surface is designed to reduce steady-state errors. The Lyapunov criterion is used to prove the global stability of the controller. Simulation results show that the controller has high tracking accuracy and strong robustness.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

TDE-Based Adaptive Integral Sliding Mode Control of Space Manipulator for Space-Debris Active Removal

Zhang

Wang

et al. 2022

Aerospace

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“…Christoph et al designed and experimented with the Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic extension arm used on the solar sail and proposed improvements to prepare for future missions [16][17]. Johnson et al summarized and prospected NASA's research on solar sails [18]. In addition to the application on solar sails, the TTM can also be ap-plied to the extension mechanism of off-orbit sails.…”

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confidence: 99%

Dynamic Analysis and Parametric Optimization of Telescopic Tubular Mast Applied on Solar Sail

Liu

et al. 2020

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The Telescopic Tubular Mast (TTM) has excellent performance and is widely used in aerospace. Reasonable parameter design and optimization can shorten development cycle and improve performance for TTM. This paper designed a TTM driven by the bistable carbon reeled composite boom. The equivalent model of the TTM is established and simulated, which can be used as ex-tending structure for the solar sail. The work flow of the solar sail with the TTM is introduced. The natural frequency of the equivalent model and the segmented model is solved respectively using ABAQUS. The TTM under six different load conditions is analyzed. The influence of different factors on the vibration characteristics of the TTM is analyzed and the sensitivity analysis is carried out. Parameters including stiffness, natural frequency, mass and extension ratio are optimized using the multi-objective genetic optimization algorithm. According to the optimization results, the prototype was processed, and the experiment was completed with the equivalent load of solar sail. It provides a reference for the parametric design of the TTM.

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“…As human space activities increase, the condition of space debris gradually deteriorates, and the probability of collision with spacecrafts in orbit gradually increases [1][2][3][4]. Among them, large space debris such as rocket upper stages will create a large number of new fragments after the collisions and disintegration, which seriously threatens the safety of orbiting spacecraft.…”

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Dynamic Parameter Estimation of Large Space Debris Based on Inertial and Visual Data Fusion

et al. 2021

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Most large space debris has large residual angular momentum, and the de-tumbling and capturing operation can easily cause instability and failure of tracking satellites. Therefore, it is necessary to perform real-time dynamic parameter identification of space debris prior to the imminent de-tumbling and capture operation, thus improving the efficiency and success of active debris removal (ADR) missions. A method for identifying dynamic parameters based on the fusion of visual and inertial data is proposed. To obtain the inertial data, the inertial measurement units (IMU) with light markers were fixed on the debris surface by space harpoon, which has been experimentally proven in space, and the binocular vision was placed at the front of a tracking satellite to obtain coordinates of the light markers. A novel method for denoising inertial data is proposed, which will eliminate the interference from the space environment. Furthermore, based on the denoised data and coordinates of the light markers, the mass-center location is estimated. The normalized angular momentum is calculated using the Euler–Poinsot motion characteristics, and all active debris removal parameters are determined. Simulations with Gaussian noise and experiments in the controlled laboratory have been conducted, the results indicate that this method can provide accurate dynamic parameters for the ADR mission.

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Survey on research and development of on-orbit active debris removal methods

Cited by 53 publications

References 138 publications

TDE-Based Adaptive Integral Sliding Mode Control of Space Manipulator for Space-Debris Active Removal

TDE-Based Adaptive Integral Sliding Mode Control of Space Manipulator for Space-Debris Active Removal

Dynamic Analysis and Parametric Optimization of Telescopic Tubular Mast Applied on Solar Sail

Dynamic Parameter Estimation of Large Space Debris Based on Inertial and Visual Data Fusion

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