A new tension control law for deployment of tethered satellites

Mechanics Research Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-254

  Pradeep, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LINEARIZATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; TETHERLINES;

STABILITY THEORY; TENSION CONTROL LAW; TETHERED SATELLITE;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0031143873     PISSN: 00936413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0093-6413(97)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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