Post mission disposal design: Dynamics and applications

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Post mission disposal design: Dynamics and applications

Xiaodong Lu, Camilla Colombo

Abstract. This research addresses post mission disposal design techniques with particular attention to long-term evolution of spacecraft orbits. Semianalytical dynamics models for orbital perturbations are developed to filter out short-periodic perturbation effects and more importantly to improve computational efficiency when dynamics models are integrated in the manoeuvre optimisation problem. The disposal of a spacecraft targeting an Earth re-entry is attained by employing natural orbital perturbations and enhancing natural effects with impulsive manoeuvres. Hamiltonian representations of the system are used to analyse dynamics behaviours and to validate the solutions obtained from optimisation processes.

Keywords
Luni-Solar Perturbation, Spacecraft End-Of-Life Disposal, Space Debris, Trajectory Design

Published online 6/1/2024, 5 pages
Copyright © 2024 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: Xiaodong Lu, Camilla Colombo, Post mission disposal design: Dynamics and applications, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 42, pp 132-136, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903193-29

The article was published as article 29 of the book Aerospace Science and Engineering

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