Active magnetic damping attitude control for gravity gradient stabilized spacecraft

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-122

  Arduini, Carlo ^a,b,c   Baiocco, Paolo ^a,c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CRA   (Italy)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d CRA

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; ALGORITHMS; DAMPING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STABILITY CRITERIA; SYSTEM STABILITY; TORQUE; TRAJECTORIES;

GRAVITY GRADIENT STABILIZATION; SPACECRAFT STABILIZATION;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0030777935     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4003     Document Type: Article

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