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Dynamics of a gyrostat satellite with the vector of gyrostatic moment in the principal plane of inertia

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Dynamics of a gyrostat satellite moving along a circular orbit in a central Newtonian field of force is investigated. In a particular case, when the gyrostatic moment vector lies in one of the satellite’s principal central planes of inertia, all positions of equilibrium are determined, and the conditions of their existence are analyzed. Also determined are bifurcation values of dimensionless parameters, at which the number of equilibrium positions changes. As a result of analysis of the generalized energy integral, for each equilibrium orientation the sufficient conditions of stability are derived. Evolution of the regions where the sufficient conditions of stability are valid is investigated under variation of the system’s dimensionless parameters.

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  1. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miusskaya pl. 4, Moscow, 125047, Russia

    V. A. Sarychev, S. A. Mirer & A. A. Degtyarev

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Sarychev, S.A. Mirer, A.A. Degtyarev, 2008, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2008, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 61–74.

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Sarychev, V.A., Mirer, S.A. & Degtyarev, A.A. Dynamics of a gyrostat satellite with the vector of gyrostatic moment in the principal plane of inertia. Cosmic Res 46, 60–73 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952508010085

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