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Design and development of a 5-DOF air-bearing spacecraft simulator

  • Xu Jian*
  • , Bao Gang
  • , Qin Jun Yang Qin Jun
  • , Li Jun
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The Five Degrees of Freedom Air-bearing Spacecraft Simulator (5DOFASS) is designed at Harbin Institute of Technology for the purpose of simulating spacecraft autonomous formation flying and orbital maneuver. The 5DOFASS contains an attitude platform supported on a hemispherical air-bearing and a translation platform floated on three linear air-bearing feet, which provides a very low friction and 0-g environment in an Earth-bound laboratory. In this paper, the design and development of the 5DOFASS is described in detail, including working principle, structure, and control system. Some ongoing research problems and future plans are reported at the end of the article.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2009 International Asia Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation, and Robotics, CAR 2009
Pages126-130
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 International Asia Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation, and Robotics, CAR 2009 - Bangkok, Thailand
Duration: 1 Feb 20092 Sep 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2009 International Asia Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation, and Robotics, CAR 2009

Conference

Conference2009 International Asia Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation, and Robotics, CAR 2009
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityBangkok
Period1/02/092/09/09

Keywords

  • Air-bearing
  • Cold gas propulsion system
  • Image process
  • Spacecraft simulator

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