Title :
Comments on "The Use of a Spinning Dissipator for Attitude Stabilization of Earth-Orbiting Satellites"
Author_Institution :
Hughes Aircraft Company Los Angeles, Calif. 90019
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;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.1974.307907