Tethered satellite system analysis (1) - two-dimensional case and regular dynamics

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 849-858

  Yu, Shaohua ^a  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MOTION CONTROL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POSITION CONTROL; SYSTEM STABILITY; TETHERLINES; VECTORS;

TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0034482306     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(00)00133-8     Document Type: Article

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