Indian Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Open Access
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 1

Spacecraft Motion Under Gravity and Aerodynamic Torque

  • Author:
  • Rashmi Bhardwaj1,, Mani Sethi1
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Published Online: Jun 1, 2008
  • Page Number: 74 to 79

1Department of Mathematics, School of Basic and Applied Sciences Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Kashmere Gate, Delhi-110 006, India

*Author for Correspondence, E-mail: rashmi@ipu.edu; rb_22@rediffmail.com

Abstract

This paper deals with the study of the non-linear planar oscillation of a satellite in a circular orbit under the influence of aerodynamic torque. Throught Melnikov's method, we have discussed that the equations of motion are non-integrable. The non-integrability in Earth-Satellite system has also been discussed graphically.

Keywords

70M, 74G25, Aerodynamic torque, Air drag, Non-linear, Planar oscillation