The design of a pointing system that is applicable for a variety of payloads is examined. The system employs a very soft interface coupled with inertial control torques which use reaction wheels or control moment gyros. The fundamental stability and disturbance rejection characteristics of simple gimbal pointing systems and the soft mounted inertially reacting concept are evaluated and compared. It is observed that in simple and two-stage gimbal systems there is dynamic interaction with the basebody and these types of systems are not applicable for a Space Station/Space Platform environment in which system dynamics are uncertain; however, the soft mounted inertially reacting concept minimizes the dynamic interaction with the basebody and retains stability. It is concluded that the soft mounted inertially reacting concept has the pointing accuracy and disturbance isolation of a free flying spacecraft while still obtaining power, communication, orbit maintenance, and servicing from a basebody.


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    Title :

    Payload isolation and precision pointing for the 1990's


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    Publication date :

    1985-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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