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.
The use of a spinning dissipator for attitude stabilization of earth-orbiting satellites
Der Gebrauch eines umlaufenden Dissipators fuer die Stabilisierung der Ausrichtung eines Erdsatelliten
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems ; 9 , 2 ; 272-279
1973
8 Seiten, 2 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 3 Quellen
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