Development of hardware for a drag-free control system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4856, Issue , 2002, Pages 19-30

  Leach, Rachel ^a  

^a Design Net Engineering LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Drag free control system; Gravitational waves; LISA; Micro Newton thruster; ODIE

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETERS; MOTION CONTROL; SPACECRAFT;

CONTROL LOOP MODELS; DRAG FREE CONTROL SYSTEM; SPACE BORNE GRAVITATIONAL WAVE MISSIONS; THRUSTERS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 0037516932     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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