Libration control of tethered satellites in elliptical orbits

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 476-479

  Williams, Paul ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; ORBITS; TETHERLINES; TRACKING (POSITION); TRAJECTORIES;

CLOSED-LOOP STABILITY; ELLIPTIC ORBITS; FEEDBACK CONTROL LAW; FLOQUET THEORY;

SATELLITES;

EID: 33646715341     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.17499     Document Type: Article

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