Title :
Development of an eddy current brake system for detumbling malfunctioning satellites
Author :
Sugai, Fumihito ; Abiko, Satoko ; Tsujita, Teppei ; Xin Jiang ; Uchiyama, Masaru
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Syst. & Design, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
This paper proposes a new method to detumble uncontrolled large space debris such as malfunctioning satellites. There are many researches about a space robot capturing and deorbiting space debris. However it is generally very difficult to capture tumbling targets such as the malfunctioning satellites because these targets are out of control in attitude and rotate with nutational motion. Hence we propose a new way to detumble them with an eddy current brake. The eddy current brake can detumble the uncontrolled targets without any contact. In this paper, we describe design and development of a linear induction motor type of eddy current brake. Experimental verification is carried out to verify the performance of the developed eddy current brake in order to fulfill the requirement for detumbling the uncontrolled satellite.
Keywords :
aerospace robotics; artificial satellites; attitude control; eddy current braking; linear induction motors; space debris; attitude control; deorbiting; eddy current brake system development; linear induction motor; malfunctioning satellite detumbling method; performance verification; rotation control; space robot; uncontrolled large space debris; uncontrolled satellite detumbling; Coils; Eddy currents; Force; Robots; Satellites; Space vehicles; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
System Integration (SII), 2012 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Fukuoka
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1496-1
DOI :
10.1109/SII.2012.6427330