... located at the body’s center of mass, which is the approximated model in the orbital dynamics. Besides, a case study of a tethered satellite system is given by numerical simulations. Findings It is found that the ratio of GOACP to the asteroid’s non-spherical gravity is the order of ρ...

...Prof Renuganth Varatharajoo; Aaron Aw Teik Hong; Renuganth Varatharajoo; Fairuz Romli Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop analytic solutions for a tethered satellite system (TSS) subjected to internal tether tension moment and external aerodynamic torque for spin-up and spin-down...