Algorithm for Spacecraft Structure Adaptive Transformation Ensuring Energy-Efficient Stabilization Modes in Roll and Yaw Channels
Published: 06.05.2026
Authors: Simonyants R.P., Bulavkin V.N.
Published in issue: #5(173)/2026
Category: Aviation and Rocket-Space Engineering | Chapter: Design, Construction, Production, Testing, and Operation of Aircraft
A spacecraft with a controlled design transformation is considered, providing a force interaction with the external environment, in which the unloading of the inertial executive devices in the orbital orientation stabilization system is carried out without the consumption of the working fluid. An algorithm for transforming the design is proposed that allows for the unloading of inertial executive devices and adaptive compensation of the disturbing moment, taking into account the gyroscopic interaction of the roll and yaw channels under resonance conditions. As an example, the problem of resetting the accumulated kinetic momentum in the roll and yaw channels of a geostationary spacecraft was solved by controlling the configuration of flat solar panels. Analytical solutions for the reduced dynamic model of motion were obtained, confirmed by numerical simulation.
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