Title :
Detumbling of highly non-symmetrical satellites with use of B-dot control law
Author :
Juchnikowski, Grzegorz ; Barcinski, Tomasz ; Lisowski, Jakub
Author_Institution :
Space Res. Centre, Warsaw, Poland
Abstract :
Presented are results of simulations of B-dot detumbling for satellites with different types of non-symmetrical mass distributions. Results are next compared with the theoretical derivation of the problem made for the case of spherically symmetrical bodies.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; attitude control; B-dot control law; B-dot detumbling; highly nonsymmetrical satellites; nonsymmetrical mass distributions; spherically symmetrical bodies; Magnetic separation; Magnetomechanical effects; Magnetosphere; Orbits; Satellites; Torque; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR), 2013 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Miedzyzdroje
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5506-3
DOI :
10.1109/MMAR.2013.6669975
