This paper presents the overall design and analysis process of the spacecraft controller being developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to close the loop between the GRS and the micro-newton colloidal thrusters. The essential dynamics of the ST7-DRS are captured in a simulation including eighteen rigid-body dynamic degrees of freedom: three translations and three rotations for the spacecraft and for each test mass. The ST7 DRS comprises three control systems: the attitude control system (ACS) to maintain a sun-pointing attitude; the drag free control (DFC) to center the spacecraft about the test masses; and the test mass suspension control. This paper summarizes the control design and analysis of the ST7-DRS 18-DOF model, and is an extension of previous analyses employing a 7-DOF planar model of ST-7.


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    Title :

    18-Degree-of-Freedom Controller Design for the ST7 Disturbance Reduction System


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2003 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Publication date :

    2003-02-14


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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