Attitude control devices used to dampen vehicle librations are single-degree-of-freedom integrating gyros, called control moment gyros (CMG), which control vehicle to orbital reference established by earth-to-satellite radius vector and orbital angular momentum vector; design parameters; CMG control system is optimized, using Monte Carlo techniques, and results of optimization are shown; optimization technique and its utility; linearization techniques, their limitations, and example showing where linearization can produce serious errors in system analysis.
Control moment gyro gravity stabilization
Progress Astronautics Aeronautics
1964
46 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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CONTROL MOMENT GYRO GRAVITY STABILIZATION
AIAA | 1963
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AIAA | 1964
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