Animation of a satellite’s orientation in free flight
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https://doi.org/10.32603/2071-2340-2025-3-3Keywords:
satellite orientation animation, Euler equations, exact solution, orientation calculation algorithmAbstract
This article presents an animation of the orientation of a freely rotating rigid body. The animation algorithm is based on an exact solution of the Euler equations.
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Ivanov D.S., Ovchinnikov M.Yu., Pantsyrny O.A., Selivanov A.S., Fedorov I.O., Khromov O.E., Yudanov N.A Angular motion of the nanosatellite TNS-0 No. 2, available at library.keldysh.ru/ preprint.asp?id=2017-126.
Satellite’s animation. github.com/ogcocep/rborient/blob/main/full_sat_animation.mp4
Link to the code. github.com/ogcocep/rborient/tree/main/src
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
