Investigation of the evolution of the FOTON M-2 satellite rotational motion
Authors: Bulanov D.M., Sazonov V.V.
Published in issue: #9(105)/2020
DOI: 10.18698/2308-6033-2020-9-2015
Category: Aviation and Rocket-Space Engineering | Chapter: Aircraft Dynamics, Ballistics, Motion Control
The paper describes the results of reprocessing magnetic measurements performed on the Foton M-2 satellite, which was in orbit on May 31 — June 16, 2005. The processing was carried out to reconstruct the uncontrolled rotational motion of this satellite. The reprocessing used a simpler mathematical model of the rotational motion than the processing performed immediately after the flight. Simplifications were made in such a way that the new model corresponded to the models used by V.V. Beletskiy in his theoretical analysis of the evolution of the uncontrolled rotational motion of a satellite in the case when this motion is close to the regular Euler precession of an axisymmetric rigid body. As a result, due to some coarsening of the reconstruction, it was possible to directly compare the obtained experimental results with theory and to analyze them.
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