State-of-the-art and prospects for orbital dynamics and control near small celestial bodies

CUI Pingyuan; QIAO Dong

doi:10.6052/1000-0992-13-061

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CUI Pingyuan, QIAO Dong. State-of-the-art and prospects for orbital dynamics and control near small celestial bodies[J]. Advances in Mechanics, 2013, 43(5): 526-539. doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-13-061

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CUI Pingyuan, QIAO Dong. State-of-the-art and prospects for orbital dynamics and control near small celestial bodies[J]. Advances in Mechanics, 2013, 43(5): 526-539. doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-13-061

CUI Pingyuan, QIAO Dong. State-of-the-art and prospects for orbital dynamics and control near small celestial bodies[J]. Advances in Mechanics, 2013, 43(5): 526-539. doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-13-061

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CUI Pingyuan, QIAO Dong. State-of-the-art and prospects for orbital dynamics and control near small celestial bodies[J]. Advances in Mechanics, 2013, 43(5): 526-539. doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-13-061

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State-of-the-art and prospects for orbital dynamics and control near small celestial bodies

doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-13-061

CUI Pingyuan,
QIAO Dong^,

School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Key Laboratory of Dynamics and Control of Flight Vehicle, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100081, China

Funds: The project was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2012CB720000), National Natural Science Foundation of China (11102020) and Beijing Institute of Technology Innovation Team Project.

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Corresponding author: QIAO Dong
Received Date: 2013-09-02
Rev Recd Date: 2013-09-19
Publish Date: 2013-09-25

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Small celestial body exploration is one of the key areas of deep space exploration in the future. The orbital dynamics and control problem near small celestial bodies is crucial in such explorations, and urgent to be treated. This problem involves the modeling of dynamics environment around an irregularshaped small celestial body, and the orbital dynamics mechanism near the small celestial body. In this paper, we survey the gravitational field modeling of irregular-shaped small celestial body, natural orbital dynamics and control, and controlled orbital dynamics near small celestial body. We introduce state-ofthe-art and trends for the development of orbital dynamics and control near small celestial bodies. The challenges and difficulties encountered are analyzed. Finally, we discuss the prospects for the development direction and key issues of orbital dynamics and control for Chinese future mission for exploring small celestial bodies.
- small body exploration,
- dynamics and control,
- gravitational field of irregular-shaped body,
- natural orbital dynamics,
- controlled orbital dynamics

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