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🛰️ CubeSat B-dot Detumbling Lab: Magnetorquers, Euler Tumble and the Intermediate-Axis Flip

A 3D 3U CubeSat is released spinning in a tilted-dipole geomagnetic field: watch B-dot magnetorquers damp the tumble, see why an equatorial orbit or coil saturation slows it, and watch a torque-free body flip about its intermediate axis, all checked against closed-form formulas.

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A 3D 3U CubeSat is released spinning in a tilted-dipole geomagnetic field: watch B-dot magnetorquers damp the tumble, see why an equatorial orbit or coil saturation slows it, and watch a torque-free body flip about its intermediate axis, all checked against closed-form formulas.

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