Navigation of a subsatellite of a space cable system
Alexander I. Tkachenko · Journal of Computer and Systems Sciences International · 2006
A method for the navigation of an object of a space cable system, a subsatellite, that does not have its own navigation means and is connected with the master space spacecraft of the bunch by an elastic weightless cable is considered. A method for estimating the location of the subsatellite based on information about the tension force of the cable is proposed, and the problems of observability of the location parameters are investigated. The results of simulating the process of estimating the subsatellite location under various conditions are presented (under the presence and absence of measurements of the cable tension and under the assumption that the cable is constantly tensed under the conditions of its loosing, etc.).