Research Article

Study of Stability of Rotational Motion of Spacecraft with Canonical Variables

Table 1

Quantitative summary of the classification of equilibrium points.

SatelliteStable pointsUnstable points

MP258
Failed 1st conditionFailed 2nd conditionFailed 3rd condition
5800

PP-1743
Failed 1st conditionFailed 2nd conditionFailed 3rd condition
4300

PP-21040
Failed 1st conditionFailed 2nd conditionFailed 3rd condition
4000