A Study of Dynamics and Stability of Two-Craft Coulomb Tether Formations

In this dissertation the linearized dynamics and stability of a two-craft Coulomb tether formation are investigated. With a Coulomb tether the relative distance between two satellites is controlled using electrostatic Coulomb forces. A charge feedback law is introduced to stabilize the relative dis...

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Main Author: Natarjan, Arun
Other Authors: Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27475
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05012007-025542/