An attitude control system capable of pointing the roll principle axis of a spinning payload to within one degree of the magnetic field vector was flown successfully in 1981-82 aboard three Black Brant X payloads and one Terrier Malemute payload, and additional flights with the system have been requested. Using a filtered linear combination of signals provided by a single-axis rate gyro and a two-axis magnetometer, and control actuation from two cold-gas thrusters, the system can be assembled from standard rocket components and fitted to any payload size.
Development of a magnetic acquisition and attitude control system for spinning rocket payloads
Sounding Rocket Conference ; 1982 ; Orlando, FL
1982-01-01
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Attitude Data Consistence Check of Rocket Payloads
NTIS | 1984
|Sub-Arcsecond Attitude Control for Sounding Rocket Payloads (AAS 08-216)
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2008
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