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.
Attitude stability and motions of passive, gravity-oriented satellites
Am Astronautical Soc -- Advances Astronautical Sciences
1962
20 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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