A study of reaction wheel configurations for a 3-axis satellite attitude control

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 750-759

  Ismail, Zuliana ^a   Varatharajoo, Renuganth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Momentum management; Reaction wheel; Satellite attitude control

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE CONTROL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; MOMENTUM; NAVIGATION; SATELLITES; UNLOADING; WHEELS;

CONTROL PERFORMANCE; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; LITERATURE SEARCH; MINIMUM POWER CONSUMPTION; MOMENTUM UNLOADING; NUMERICAL TREATMENTS; REACTION WHEELS; SATELLITE ATTITUDE CONTROL;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 76449106197     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.11.004     Document Type: Review

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