Space Research Institute
     Russian Academy of Sciences
     Profsoyuznaya St. 84/32
     117810, Moscow, Russia
     phone:  +7(095) 333-50-45
     fax: +7(095) 913-30-40
     e-mail: mpivovarov@iki.rssi.ru

Education

• Moscow State University, Department of Mechanics and Mathematics - Dr.Sc (Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences) - Advanced Degree in Space Dynamics, 1991. Thesis Title: "Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Determination"
• Moscow State University, Department of Mechanics and Mathematics - Ph.D. in Space Dynamics, 1981. Thesis Title: "Scientific Artificial Earth Satellite Attitude Motion and Determination"
• Moscow State University, Department of Mechanics and Mathematics - B.S.& M.S. in Analytical Mechanics, 1972

Professional Experience

• 1972-present: Research Associate, Senior Research Associate, Head Research Associate Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Space Dynamics and Data Processing Division, Moscow, Russia
• 1998-1999: Professor, Moscow State University, Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, part time position.
• 1996-1997: Visiting Professor at Institute for Space Research (INPE), S.J.Campos, Brazil

• Space Flight Dynamics
• Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics & Attitude Determination
• Rigid Body Dynamics
• Nonlinear Problems of Mechanics including Regular and Chaotic Motions

• Development of methods of attitude determination and software design for nonstabilized OREOL satellites in ARCAD project
• Gravity-gradient stabilized INTERCOSMOS stations
• Three-axes-stabilized INTERCOSMOS-BULGARIA-1300 spacecraft in BULGARIA-1300 project.
• Development of method and participating in software design for onboard INTERCOSMOS-24 spacecraft
• Attitude determination in ACTIVNY project.
• Studying the rotation evolution of spin-stabilized PROGNOZ satellites due to gas jets disturbing torque.
• Investigation of spacecraft oscillations damping by using magnetic hysteresis, flywheel, fluid damper.
• Development of the damping system, which was used for MAGION-2 subsatellite in ACTIVNY mission, MAGION-3 in APEX mission and MAGION-4 in INTERBALL mission
• Development of a method and software design for CORONAS spacecraft attitude determination using angular velocity data
• Investigation of rigid body rotation evolution with small self-excitation
• Numeric investigation of regular and chaotic motion in spacecraft attitude dynamics.

Papers and Presentations at International Meetings and Conferences

• 35th Congress of International Astronautical Federation, 1984, Lausanne,Switzerland
• 3rd International Symposium on Spacecraft Flight Dynamics, 1991, Darmstadt, Germany
• International Symposium on Spacecraft Ground Control and Flight Dynamics, 1994, S.J. dos Campos, Brazil
• 2nd European Solid Mechanics Conference, 1994, Genova, Italy
• Euromech,325-European Mechanics Colloqium, 1994, L'Aquila, Italy
• COSPAR Colloquium ``Magnetospheric research with advanced techniques'',
• 1996, Beijing, China

Publications

• More than 50 papers in journals and conference proceedings (see attached list of publications)

Personal

Born in Moscow, Russia 1950. Married, one daughter.

List of Major Publications

1. On secular and periodic term of precession in Euler-Poinsot problem.Spacecraft orbit and attitude determination, M. Nauka, 1975 (in Russian).

2. Spacecraft attitude determination taking into account gravity-gradient and magnetic torque, Cosmic research, (translation from Russian. Kosmicheskie Isedovanija. Consultants Bureau, New York} 1979,17, 1, 159.

3. Isochronous derivatives in Euler-Poinsot problem, Cosmic Research, 1979, 17, 4, 622.

4. Resonance oscillations of a spacecraft containing wheels. Space Research Institute, Preprint N 550, 1980 (in Russian).

5. Preliminary results of "Intercosmos-17" spacecraft attitude determination. In: Data Processing for "Intercosmos" Program. M. Nauka, 1982 (in Russian).

6. Spacecraft rotation evolution due to the torque, which is constant in the spacecraft frame. In: Data Processing for "Intercosmos" Program. M. Nauka. 1982 (with A.I.Neustadt) (in Russian).

7. Method of determining the actual attitude of the Intercosmos-Bulgaria-1300 satellite, Cosmic research, 1983, 21, 5, 690 (with P.E.El'iasberg).

8. Spacecraft attitude motion due the torque, which is constant in the body frame, In: Space missions data processing. M. Nauka, 1983 (in Russian).

9. BULGARIA-1300 spacecraft orbit determination using magnetic field measurements. Proc. of Gagarin Symposium on space dynamics and aviation, Moscow, 1984 (with I.K.Bazhinov, in Russian).

10. Determination of the AES Attitude from the angular velocity data, Abstracts of IAF, IAF-84-364, 1984, Lausanne, Switzerland,(with P.E.El'asberg).

11. Determination of the attitude of an artificial Earth satellite using angular velocity measurements, Cosmic research, 1985, 23, 3, 331.

12. On rigid body rotation evolution due to small selfexcitation, Mechanics of solids, 1985, 6, 23.

13. Adiabatic invariant calculation taking into account crossing separatrix, Space Research Institute, Preprint N 1128, 1986(with A.I.Neistadt),(in Russian).

14. Attitude motion of a spacecraft with magnetic moment, Cosmic Research, 1986, 24, 6, 816.

15. Evolution of the rotation of a dynamically symmetric gyrostat with internal friction, Cosmic research, 1987, 25, 3, 370.

16. Damping the magnetic moment satellite oscillations by using magnetic hysteresis, Cosmic Research, 1989, 27, 1, 55.

17. Evolution of Rotation of a satellite with a damper flywheel, Cosmic Research, 1990, 28, 1, 17.

18. Oscillations of a rigid body with toroidal cavity filled with viscous fluid, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 1990, 52, 2, 201 (with F.L.Chernous'ko).

19. Liquid damping of librations of satellite with magnetic moment, Cosmic Research, 1990, 28, 6, 865.

20. Experimental study of toroidal liquid damper, Cosmic Research, 1990, 28, 6, 874 (with S.G.Gultyev and N.A.Eismont).

21. Magnetically stabilized satellite attitude motion and differential equations with owly changing coefficients. Proc. of the 3rd International Symposium on Spacecraft Flight Dynamics, 1991, Darmstadt, Germany.

22. Magnetically stabilized satellite with viscous annular damper attitude motion. Proc. of the International Symposium on Spacecraft Ground Control and Flight Dynamics, 1994, S.J dos Campos, Brazil (with P.Triska and J.Vojta).

23. On magnetically stabilized spacecraft oscillations, Mechanics of Solids, (translation from Russian. Mekhanika tverdogo tela. Allerton Press, Inc. New York) 1994, 3, 5.

24. Regular and chaotic motion in the satellite orientation problem, Proc. of the 2nd European Solid Mechanics Conference, 1994, Genova, Italy (with V.V.Beletsky and E.L.Starostin).

25. Dynamics of tethered system deployment and operation, Cosmic Research, 34, 1996, 1, 106 (with S.I.Klimov et al).

26. Regular and chaotic motions in applied rigid body dynamics,CHAOS, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 1996, Volume 6, Issue 2, 155 (with V.V.Beletsky and E.L.Starostin).

27. Rigid body rotation evolution due to a disturbing torque which is known in a body frame, Acta Mechanika, 1999, Vol.133, No.1-4,239 (with L.O.Ferreira and R.V.F.Lopes).

28. Chaos in spacecraft attitude motion in Earth's magnetic field, CHAOS, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 1999, Vol.9, No.2,493 (with V.V.Beletsky and R.V.F.Lopes).

29. Separatrix crossing in dynamics of dual spin stabilized spacecraft, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2000, to be published (with A.I.Neishtadt).

30. Nonlinear Problems in Attitude Motion of Orbiting Coupled Bodies, submitted to 4th EUROMECH, Metz, France, 2000 (with V.V.Beletsky).