Tethered dual spacecraft configuration: A solution to attitude control problems

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 495-505

  Kumar, Krishna ^a   Kumar, K D ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual satellite system; Satellite attitude control; Tether; Tethered satellite system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034367187     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1270-9638(00)01064-6     Document Type: Article

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