HighlightsIdentifying initial orbit and phase difference between SSs on it by using MOPSO.Proposing a method for obtaining missions that satellites service to targets.Employing multi-objective particle swarm optimization for solving the problems.Employing Taguchi method for robust design of effective parameters in MOPSO.
AbstractIn this paper, a novel approach is proposed for the mission planning of on-orbit servicing such as visual inspection, active debris removal and refueling through multiple servicing satellites (SSs). The scheduling has been done with the aim of minimization of fuel consumption and mission duration. So a multi-objective optimization problem is dealt with here which is solved by employing particle swarm optimization algorithm. Also, Taguchi technique is employed for robust design of effective parameters of optimization problem. The day that the SSs have to leave parking orbit, transfer duration from parking orbit to final orbit, transfer duration between one target to another, and time spent for the SS on each target are the decision parameters which are obtained from the optimization problem. The raised idea is that in addition to the aforementioned decision parameters, eccentricity and inclination related to the initial orbit and also phase difference between the SSs on the initial orbit are identified by means of optimization problem, so that the designer has not much role on determining them. Furthermore, it is considered that the SS and the target rendezvous at the servicing point and the SS does not perform any phasing maneuver to reach the target. It should be noted that Lambert theorem is used for determination of the transfer orbit. The results show that the proposed approach reduces the fuel consumption and the mission duration significantly in comparison with the conventional approaches.
Mission planning for on-orbit servicing through multiple servicing satellites: A new approach
Advances in Space Research ; 60 , 6 ; 1148-1162
2017-05-23
15 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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