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Investigation of the effectiveness of an algorithm of active magnetic damping

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We consider the rapid rotation of a satellite equipped with an active magnetic attitude control system with the -Bdot algorithm designed to damp the initial angular velocity. The time-response of the algorithm is analytically studied as a function of orbit inclination.

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

    M. Yu. Ovchinnikov, V. I. Pen’kov, D. S. Roldugin & S. O. Karpenko

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Original Russian Text © M.Yu. Ovchinnikov, V.I. Pen’kov, D.S. Roldugin, S.O. Karpenko, 2012, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2012, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 176–182.

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Ovchinnikov, M.Y., Pen’kov, V.I., Roldugin, D.S. et al. Investigation of the effectiveness of an algorithm of active magnetic damping. Cosmic Res 50, 170–176 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952512010078

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