Auto-attitude stabilization of a twin-satellite system through very short tethers

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-204

  Kumar, Krishna ^a,b   Kumar, K D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MOTION CONTROL; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POSITION CONTROL; TETHERLINES;

AUTO ATTITUDE STABILIZATION;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0032027567     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3310     Document Type: Article

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