Attitude Dynamics and Control of Space Debris During Ion Beam Transportation provides an overview of the cutting-edge research around the topic of contactless ion beam transportation for the removal of space debris. It covers topics such as space debris attitude motion, the motion of rigid materials in an inhomogeneous high-speed rarefied medium, gravity gradient torque, and more. It examines and compares the various ways to control the spatial motion of space debris, such as engine thrust or altering the direction of the ion beam axis, and offers simple mathematical models for analyzing system behaviors. The book also demonstrates how foundational engineering concepts such as classical mechanics, nonlinear and chaotic systems, and methods of stability theory are applied to the ion beam transportation method.
Attitude Dynamics and Control of Space Debris During Ion Beam Transportation