TIME OPTIMAL SLEW MANEUVER OF MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED LEO SATELLITES

Ali Heydari; Seid H. Dr. Pourtakdoust

Volume 5, Issue 2 , June 2008, , Pages 51-56

Abstract
  Conventional magnetic attitude control methodologies require several orbital periods to accomplish the required attitude maneuvers due to the existence of an uncontrollable axis, namely the local Earth’s magnetic field vector. Since in some attitude maneuver missions the elapsed time is of critical ...  Read More