• DocumentCode
    1130392
  • Title

    The GYROLITE: Is it Unstable?

  • Author

    Sen, Anup K.

  • Author_Institution
    Synchrosat Limited P. O. Box 1259, Stn. B Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    7/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    565
  • Lastpage
    567
  • Abstract
    A new derivation of the GYROLITE stability criterion is presented. It is confirmed that, for the satellite to have a stable attitude, the spinning part must have a favorable inertia ratio.
  • Keywords
    Angular velocity; Equations; Kinetic energy; Satellites; Space vehicles; Spinning; Stability analysis; Stability criteria; Vectors; Velocity measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.1979.308741
  • Filename
    4102194