Optimal Control Scheme of the Tethered System for Orbital Transfer under a Constant Thrust

Table 1

System parameters of the tethered system under tension control.

Parameters	Values
Number of orbit laps n	1
Geocentric distance of the initial circular orbit r0, km	7000
Geocentric distance of the final circular orbit rf, km	7010
Transversal thrust acceleration, m/s^2	9.25 × 10^−4
Transfer time tf, s	5835
Mass of the base satellite M, kg	1000
Mass of the detector m, kg	50
Original length of the tether lc, m	1000
Initial value of the in-plane angle θ0, °	0
Final value of the in-plane angle θf, °	0
Initial value of the in-plane angle θ^˙0, °/s	0
Final value of the in-plane angle θ^˙f, °/s	0
Initial value of tether tension T0, N
Final value of tether tension Tf, N