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Stability of spinning satellite under axial thrust and internal mass motion

Janssens, Frank L.; van der Ha, Jozef C.

This paper considers a spinning rigid body and a particle with internal motion under axial thrust. This model is helpful for gaining insights into the nutation anomalies that occurred near the end of orbit injections performed by STAR-48 rocket motors. The stability of this system is investigated by means of linearized equations about a uniform sp…