Energy storage and attitude control are two distinct subsystems of the typical satellite. Energy storage is provided using batteries and active attitude control is accomplished with control moment gyroscopes or reaction wheels. A system mass savings can be achieved if these two subsystems are combined using multiple flywheels for simultaneous kinetic energy storage and momentum transfer. This paper develops, simulates, and experimentally demonstrates the control algorithms to accomplish integrated power and single-axis attitude control using two flywheels.


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    Title :

    Integrated power and attitude control with two flywheels


    Contributors:
    Kenny, B.H. (author) / Jansen, R. (author) / Kascak, P. (author) / Dever, T. (author) / Santiago, W. (author)


    Publication date :

    2005-10-01


    Size :

    5966680 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English