Atmospheric perturbation and control of a shuttle/tethered satellite

✍ Scribed by T.M. Spencer

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 649 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0005-1098
• DOI: 10.1016/0005-1098(80)90005-9

✦ Synopsis

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Tethered satellites can be lowered to altitudes where unusually strong atmospheric perturbations occur. A command-adaptive model follower substantially improves three-dimension tension-only control compared to an existing concept using constant commands.