DocumentCode
1122711
Title
Comments on "The Use of a Spinning Dissipator for Attitude Stabilization of Earth-Orbiting Satellites"
Author
Grasshoff, L.H.
Author_Institution
Hughes Aircraft Company Los Angeles, Calif. 90019
Issue
6
fYear
1974
Firstpage
902
Lastpage
903
Abstract
The spacecraft nutation damping performance claimed as a result of the analysis in a recent paper by Sen is invalid because the system equations are incorrect. This correspondence points out some serious omissions in Sen´s equations and presents the correct equations whose solution shows that Sen´s stabilizer is actually destabilizing.
Keywords
Aerospace and electronic systems; Angular velocity; Damping; Equations; Performance analysis; Satellites; Space vehicles; Spinning; Torque; Wheels;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.1974.307907
Filename
4101340
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