Survey of technology developments in flywheel attitude control and energy storage systems

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 354-365

  Lappas, V ^a   Richie, D ^a   Hall, C ^b,d   Fausz, J ^c,e   Wilson, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Surrey Space Centre ^*

^e Flywheel Attitude Control

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE CONTROL; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ENERGY STORAGE; GLASS CERAMICS; SMALL SATELLITES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); WHEELS;

ATTITUDE CONTROL ACTUATORS; ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; FLYWHEEL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM; FLYWHEEL TECHNOLOGY; LONG TERM STABILITY; SMALL SATELLITE MISSION; SPACECRAFT BATTERIES; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

FLYWHEELS;

EID: 65949095042     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.32092     Document Type: Article

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