Vibration control system enhances satellite detumbling for orbital cleanup
Tuesday, 8 July 2025 () Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 08, 2025
Under mounting concerns over space debris, scientists at Northwestern Polytechnical University have developed a breakthrough method for detumbling malfunctioning satellites using a hybrid vibration suppression and control strategy. Their approach integrates a nonlinear energy sink with active variable stiffness (NES-AVS) device and a composite prescribed performance controller to improve the saf