Analytic solutions for Tethered Satellite System (TSS) subject to internal and external torques undergoing a spin-up and spin-down maneuvers

• Main Authors: Aw, Aaron Teik Hong, Varatharajoo, Renuganth, Romli, Fairuz Izzudin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Group Publishing 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43762/1/AEAT-10-2014-0178.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43762/

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop analytic solutions for a tethered satellite system (TSS) subjected to internal tether tension moment and external aerodynamic torque for spin-up and spin-down manoeuvres. Design/methodology/approach Analytic solutions for TSS based on the approxim...