Analytical Mechanics of Space Systems by Hanspeter Schaub and John Junkins is a
comprehensive treatment of a stimulating and challenging subject that is both old and new …

A control approach is proposed for a class of underactuated vehicles in order to stabilize
reference trajectories either in thrust direction, velocity, or position. The basic modeling …

This study surveys the developments in satellite attitude determination and control system,
especially for microsats. This survey is not intended to be complete but is limited to the most …

A SINGLE-GIMBAL control moment gyro (CMG) system is regarded as an effective torque
generator for attitude control both for large space stations and small agile satellites because …

This book discusses all spacecraft attitude control-related topics: spacecraft (including
attitude measurements, actuator, and disturbance torques), modeling, spacecraft attitude …

CONTROL moment gyroscopes (CMGs) are used in spacecraft attitude control when
propellant is not abundant and rapid retargeting and precision pointing are desired (eg …

A single double-gimbal variable-speed control moment gyroscope is considered as a
method for three-dimensional spacecraft attitude control. First, the system's equations of …

A novel adaptive control law for nonlinear Hamiltonian multi-input multi-output (MIMO)
systems with uncertain parameters in the actuator modeling as well as the inertia and/or the …

An adaptive control algorithm for the spacecraft attitude tracking problem when the spin axis
directions and/or the gains of the flywheel actuators are uncertain is developed. A smooth …

Complete attitude control of a spacecraft is not possible with only one single-gimbal variable-
speed control moment gyro due to the conservation of angular momentum. However, partial …