Satellite attitude maneuver through tether : A novel concept

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 40, Issue 2-8, 1997, Pages 247-256

  Kumar, Krishna ^a   Kumar, K D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEARIZATION; MANEUVERABILITY; POSITION CONTROL; SYSTEM STABILITY; TETHERLINES;

SATELLITE SLEWING MANEUVER;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0030622973     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0094-5765(97)00094-5     Document Type: Article

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