Spacecraft attitude dynamics

• Main Author: Hughes, Peter C. 1940-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2004.
• Series: Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering Ser.
• Subjects: Space vehicles > Attitude control systems.; Space vehicles > Dynamics.; Astrodynamics.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780486140131; 048614013X; 9781621986010; 1621986012; 0486439259; 9780486439259
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 570 pages) : illustrations

From its roots in classical mechanics and reliance on stability theory to the evolution of practical stabilization ideas, this volume covers environmental torques encountered in space; energy dissipation; motion equations for four archetypical systems; orientation parameters; illustrations of key co...