Research Article

Shorter Path Design and Control for an Underactuated Satellite

Table 2

Initial and obtained sets of a target attitude for case 1.

StateEuler angle (deg) (deg)

Initial attitude3-2-1 set

Target attitudeNormal3-2-1 set130.0
Failure
3-axis
1-2-1-… set3210.0
4160.6
5160.9
6161.0
7161.6
8161.6
2-1-2-… set3210.0
4160.6
5160.9
6161.8
7161.2
8162.3