Formation and attitude control for rotational tethered satellite clusters

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 211-220

  Mori, Osamu ^a,c,d   Matunaga, Saburo ^a,b,d,e  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSPECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SATELLITES; SURFACE TENSION;

ROTATIONAL MOTION; TETHER TENSION; THRUSTER FUELS;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 33947133750     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.14910     Document Type: Article

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