A spacecraft has a flat antenna array having an edge and a middle portion. A reconfigurable reaction-momentum wheel is coupled to the antenna array to roll and/or pitch the antenna array in small magnitudes. The reconfigurable reaction-momentum has a reaction operating state or mode (high-torque, low momentum) and a momentum operating state or mode (low-torque, high momentum). A thruster is coupled to the antenna array to move the antenna array.
MOMENTUM WHEELS AND REACTION WHEELS FOR OBJECTS IN SPACE
SCHWUNGRÄDER UND REAKTIONSRÄDER FÜR GEGENSTÄNDE IM RAUM
ROUES D'INERTIE ET ROUES DE RÉACTION D'OBJETS DANS L'ESPACE
2025-01-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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