Orbiting dumbbell with a variable mass distribution: dynamics and control

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The plane orbital motion of a dumbbell-shaped body of variable length in the central field of attraction is considered. It is assumed that the mass of the dumbbell is concentrated at its end points. The attitude motion is considered Within the so-called satellite approximation, when the center of mass of the dumbbell moves in an unperturbed elliptical Keplerian orbit. The laws of changing the length of the dumbbell have been found, which make it possible to implement certain prescribed classes of its motion around the center of mass. In the general case, the chaotic nature of motion is detected numerically using the Poincare map for the period.

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A. A. Burov

Federal Research Center "Computer Science and Control" of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: jtm@narod.ru
Moscow, Russia

I. I. Kosenko

Moscow Aviation Institute (national Research University)

Email: jtm@narod.ru
Moscow, Russia

V. I. Nikonov

Federal Research Center "Computer Science and Control" of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: jtm@narod.ru
Moscow, Russia

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