Abstract It is well known that a sequence of two impulses can be used to redirect the spin axis of an axisymmetric rigid body. The first impulse initiates the coning motion by imparting an initial transverse component of angular velocity. The second impulse brings the coning motion to a halt by completely canceling the transverse angular velocity. When the torque can be given along only one axis in the transverse plane then a two-impulse maneuver can be designed with a coast time before the initiation of the maneuver. The coast time is required to align the torque axis in a specific direction. Further, by appropriately choosing the time of the second impulse, a solution is found when the impulse is restricted to only one direction along a single axis.


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    Title :

    Two-Impulse Reorientation of Spinning Axisymmetric Body: Single Axis Thrust


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    Publication date :

    2012-06-01


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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