Research Article

Spin-Stabilized Spacecrafts: Analytical Attitude Propagation Using Magnetic Torques

Table 10

Mean deviations for different time simulation for declination and right ascension and SCD2 (in degrees).

Time Simulation (days)12852

𝛼 S C C 𝛼 Q E R −0.1266−0.02000.01800.0100
𝛼 S C C 𝛼 Q C R −0.1334−0.0247−0.0153−0.0093
𝛼 S C C 𝛼 Q C I −0.1875−0.0565−0.01390.0065

𝛿 𝛼 S C C 𝛿 𝛼 Q E R −0.1358−0.0925−0.0520−0.0099
𝛿 S C C 𝛿 Q C R −0.1312−0.0894−0.0502−0.0096
𝛿 S C C 𝛿 Q C I −0.1925−0.1397−0.1088−0.0210