Design and robust control of space debris laser removing relay satellite

This paper proposes a space debris removal strategy that use a satellite to relay ground-based laser to remove the 1∼10cm debris of GEO orbit. The requirement receiving mirror and launching mirror on satellite has been designed, further, the natural frequency of satellite and the solar panel are obtained by finite element software. A robust controller is designed for attitude control of the proposed satellite, the attitude stability control simulation shows the elastic vibration of the solar panel can be inhibited. Finally, the control system of experiment satellite has be designed, and the attitude control experiment is validated.

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