Self-stabilising attitude control for spinning tethered formations

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 60, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 828-833

  Menon, Carlo ^a   Bombardelli, Claudio ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude; Formation; Interferometer; Spinning; Tether

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERFEROMETRY; MECHANICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

ATTITUDE CONTROL; FLEXIBLE TETHERS; RIGID BODIES; SPACE INTERFEROMETRY MISSIONS; SPINNING TETHERED FORMATIONS;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 33847213557     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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