Attitude Dynamics and Stability of a Simple Solar Photon Thruster

This paper is dedicated to the development of a model of the attitude dynamics for a nonideal Simple Solar Photon Thruster (SSPT) and to the analysis of sailcraft motions with respect to their centre of mass. Derivation of the expressions for force and torque due to solar radiation that is valid for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anna D. Guerman, Georgi Smirnov, Maria Cecilia Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/943107