CONTROL OVER SPACECRAFT DEORBIT FROM EARTH ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE ORBIT

摘要

FIELD: transport.;SUBSTANCE: invention relates to space engineering, particularly, to control over spacecraft. Craft onboard means are used to define coordinated of power plant activation, magnitude and orientation of pulses of the spacecraft characteristic speed. Note here that engine thrust vector rational control is optimised. Proposed method consists in sequential feed of two pulses of characteristic speed. First pulse is fed in spacecraft flight plane against the vector of its velocity for deorbiting. Second pulse is fed in direction perpendicular to the flight plane for control over lateral range.;EFFECT: power saving, optimised control, higher accuracy of landing on small-size sites.;2 dwg