The initial three satellites in the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO) series are in the final development stages with the first launch to be in April 1977. The overall program design concept stressed cost reduction through use of hardware standardization for the three configurations and missions. The Attitude Control and Determination Subsystem (ACDS) developed for HEAO was able to achieve significant design commonality in both hardware and software in an implementation which satisfied the performance requirements of the different missions. The ACDS thus provides an example of a multimode/multimission design which should soon be operational.
HEAO attitude control subsystem - A multimode/multimission design
Guidance and Control Conference ; 1976 ; San Diego, CA
1976-01-01
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HEAO attitude reference design
NTRS | 1978
|Magnetic attitude control system for HEAO Final report
NTRS | 1970
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