Selection of manipulator shock-absorbing system parameters for the space debris disposal spacecraft
Authors: Stognii M.V., Shcheglov G.A.
Published in issue: #9(105)/2020
DOI: 10.18698/2308-6033-2020-9-2013
Category: Aviation and Rocket-Space Engineering | Chapter: Design, construction and production of aircraft
The paper focuses on a new layout diagram of a two-stage disposal spacecraft intended for the removal of a group of large space debris objects ― the upper stages of Zenit-type launch vehicles ― from the low earth orbits to the disposal orbits. A distinctive feature of the spacecraft is one multi-joint telescopic manipulator used for capturing an object by the main rocket engine nozzle. Thus, it is possible to get closer to the traditional scheme of drogue-probe docking assemblies, where the role of the probe with several degrees of freedom is played by the manipulator, and the role of the drogue is played by the nozzle. The study describes a simplified dynamic model of the “spacecraft-manipulator-object” system, and presents the results of the numerical simulation of the transient mode after the object capture by the manipulator in the MSC Adams package. In case when the manipulator is used in a passive mode, the maximum modulus loads in kinematic pairs are determined depending on the stiffness of the shock absorbers and the length of the telescopic joints. The results obtained make it possible to select the design parameters of the manipulator and proceed to calculations of more complex cases of capturing a space debris object.
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