De-spinning Trajectory Optimization of Tethered Satellite During Debris Removal

Ruiqi Yang; Dapeng Lian; Haoyu Wang; Guowei Zhao

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2025.11.219

De-spinning Trajectory Optimization of Tethered Satellite During Debris Removal

Ruiqi Yang^*
, Dapeng Lian^*
, Haoyu Wang
, Guowei Zhao^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Astronautics

Beihang University
Key Laboratory of Precision Opto-Mechatronics Technology (Ministry of Education)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

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Abstract

Under increasingly congested orbital conditions, tethered towing technology has emerged as a promising approach for active debris removal, where despinning operations are essential for stable deorbiting. This study investigates damping-based despinning control mechanisms, establishing necessary conditions for effective despinning positions and defining angular momentum-dependent despinning zones. Guided by these principles, an optimization method for trajectory planning of mission satellites during tethered system attitude adjustments is proposed. Numerical simulations validate the approach's effectiveness in achieving controlled debris removal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	616-621
Number of pages	6
Journal	IFAC-PapersOnLine
Volume	59
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2025.11.219
State	Published - 1 Aug 2025
Event	23th IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, ACA 2025 - Harbin, China Duration: 2 Aug 2025 → 6 Aug 2025

Keywords

Configuration optimization
Damped de-spinning control
Genetic algorithms
Space debris removal
Tethered satellite system

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De-spinning Trajectory Optimization of Tethered Satellite During Debris Removal

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