Experimental testing of a CMG cluster for agile microsatellites

54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 371-377

  Lappas, V J ^a   Underwood, C I ^a   Steyn, W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitude Control; Control Moment Gyros; Microsatellites; Reaction Wheels

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; GYROSCOPES; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; SPACECRAFT; TORQUE;

ATTITUDE CONTROL; CONTROL MOMENT GYROSCOPES (CMG); MICROSATELLITES; REACTION WHEELS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 22344448940     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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