Fundamental strategies for control of a tethered system in elliptical orbits

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-125

  Takeichi, Noboru ^a   Natori, M C ^b   Okuizumi, Nobukatsu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; SATELLITES; TETHERLINES;

ELLIPTICAL ORBITS;

ORBITS;

EID: 0037282238     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3924     Document Type: Article

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