This paper considers a novel attitude stabilizing system which acts both as a passive nutation damper and a momentum source for an earth-orbiting satellite. The system may be designed to use four identical wheels mounted coaxially with and at the ends of the arms of a cruciform structure. The results obtained for a specific design of the stabilizer indicate that global stability of the desired attitude motion of the spacecraft can be guaranteed with associated damping time constant as low as one second.


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    Title :

    The use of a spinning dissipator for attitude stabilization of earth-orbiting satellites


    Additional title:

    Der Gebrauch eines umlaufenden Dissipators fuer die Stabilisierung der Ausrichtung eines Erdsatelliten


    Contributors:
    Sen, A.K. (author)


    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 2 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 3 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English