Integrated Power and Attitude Control System (IPACS) studies performed over a decade ago established the feasibility of storing electrical energy in flywheels and utilizing the resulting angular momentum for spacecraft attitude control. Such a system has been shown to have numerous attractive features relative to more contemporary technology, and is appropriate to many applications (including high-performance slewing actuators). Technology advances over the last two decades in composite rotors, motor/generator/electronics, and magnetic bearings are found to support the use of IPACS for increasingly sophisticated applications. It is concluded that the concept offers potential performance advantages as well as savings in mass and life-cycle cost.


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    Title :

    Integrated power and attitude control system (IPACS) technology


    Additional title:

    Technologie der integrierten Regelsysteme fuer die Energieversorgung und die Fluglage (IPACS)


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    4 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 9 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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