Gravitational torque on a satellite vehi
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Robert E. Robertson
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Article
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1958
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Using a potential function for a small rigid body in the field of an oblate spheroid developed previously by Roberson and Tatistcheff, the gravitational torque on a satellite vehicle in the field of the earth is found. Results are the torque components along the satellite principal axes. The definin