Electrical coil reduces spinning and tumbling speed of orbiting satellites through eddy-current braking. Induction of eddy currents into skin of satellite by electromagnetic field produces torques that oppose rotation.
Magnetic Despinning System
NASA Tech Briefs ; 8 , 3
01.01.1985
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