Stability of gravity-oriented satellite is investigated as function of its orbit; for inverse-square-law central-force field, large-motion (nonlinear) attitude behavior is numerically investigated as function of orbit eccentricity and vehicle shape; it is shown that major mechanism of tumbling is excitation of motion in yaw-roll plane by forced motion in pitch through second order coupling terms which are neglected in linearized analyses.


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    Title :

    Attitude stability and motions of passive, gravity-oriented satellites


    Additional title:

    Am Astronautical Soc -- Advances Astronautical Sciences


    Contributors:
    DeBra, D.B. (author)


    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :





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