Research Article

Effects of Asymmetries on the Dynamics of Motorized Momentum Exchange Tether and Payloads Injection Precision

Table 2

Parameters of the MMET.

ParametersValueUnit

Earth’s gravitation constant: 3.9877848 × 1014m3/s2
Length of propulsion tether : l10000m
Mass of chief satellite: 5000kg
Mass of payload : 1000kg
The density of tethers: 970kg/m3
Cross-section area of tethers: 6.283 × 10−5m2
The radius of chief satellite: 0.5m
The height of chief satellite: 1.5m
The radius of payloads: 0.5m
The height of payloads: 1.5m
The radius of the tether: 0.00447207m