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Quasi-analytical solutions for the dynamics of a class of tethered satellites with Danby's aerodynamical drag

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An analytic solution, in terms of expansion of a small parameter, for the classical two-body tethered satellite with a specific drag model is obtained. The time of flight as well as the solution regarding the state variable of the system are expressed in terms of quadratures of the anomaly.

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  1. Department of Mathematics-Polytecnic of Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

    I. Bonzani & M. G. Zavattaro Chiado Piat

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Bonzani, I., Piat, M.G.Z.C. Quasi-analytical solutions for the dynamics of a class of tethered satellites with Danby's aerodynamical drag. Celestial Mechanics 37, 371–385 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01261626

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