Active gravity-gradient stabilization of a satellite in elliptic orbits

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 619-627

  Ashenberg, Joshua ^a   Lorenzini, Enrico C ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; GAIN CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ORBITS; POSITION CONTROL; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ACTIVITY GRAVITY-GRADIENT STABILIZATION; ELLIPTIC ORBITS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0033318535     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00127-7     Document Type: Article

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