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I'm wondering where one can find more or less up-to-date data on the inertia matrix of the ISS. A full historical dataset would be great, of course. A discussion of error margins is desirable.

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    Potential Google win (see page 7-14 onwards): https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://athena.ecs.csus.edu/~grandajj/ME296M/space.pdf&ved=0CB8QFjABahUKEwjLu-vx-97HAhVsWtsKHSN7AxQ&usg=AFQjCNHXRL9cuZzomgXanpCjlJnR4A7BQw&sig2=9p2P2EVUaTl9ToW4O1-mPw – ThePlanMan Sep 05 '15 at 03:44
  • @ThePlanMan - thanks, that's a beginning of a great answer. Looking forward to a follow-up. – Deer Hunter Sep 05 '15 at 04:25

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ThePlanMan was on the right track. The 'On-Orbit Assembly, Modeling, and Mass Properties Data Book' contains inertia tensors for each assembly step of the ISS.

I haven't found a more recent edition than 2008.

These don't mention error margins. Since mass and dimensions are listed to 1 mm and 1 kg (and not rounded to larger values) I'd expect the error margins to be in the region of 1 kg*mm$^2$.

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