InertiaTubeSat:

Path: CubeSat/AttitudeControl

% Compute the inertia of a TubeSat. 
 This assumes a cylindrical shape  and the mass is uniformly distributed
 throught the volume. This is a good first cut.

 Type InertiaTubeSat for a demo. See also TubeSatFaces.
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   Form:
   inertia = InertiaTubeSat( type, mass )
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   Inputs
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   l      (1,1)     Either (1,2,3,4) for single, double, triple or quad
   mass   (1,1)     Mass (kg)

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   Outputs
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   inertia (3,3)     Inertia matrix (kg-m^2)

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Children:

Common: MassProperties/IC623X3
Common: MassProperties/Inertias

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