Higher-Order Analytical Attitude Propagation of an Oblate Rigid Body under Gravity-Gradient Torque

Juan F. San-Juan, Luis M. López and Rosario López

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2012, vol. 2012, 1-15

Abstract:

A higher-order perturbation theory for the rotation of a uniaxial satellite under gravity-gradient torque demonstrates that known special configurations of the attitude dynamics at which the satellite rotates, on average, as in a torque-free state, are only the result of an early truncation of the secular frequencies of motion. In addition to providing a deeper insight into the dynamics, the higher order of the analytical solution makes it competitive when compared with the long-term numerical integration of the equations of motion.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1155/2012/123138

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