A spacecraft orbiting about a planet is normally subject to torques caused by gravity-gradient effects Studies of missions involving orbiting spacecraft require that these torques be analytically described. This report describes a derivation that locusts in expressions to describe these torques. The gas weight required to offset these torques for a Manner-type attitude-controlled spacecraft is also derived, the resist are directly applicable to Mariner Mars 1971 gas budget sizing.
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