APPLICATION OF SINGLE-GIMBAL CONTROL MOMENT GYROS FOR ATTITUDE CONTROL OF A RADIO-RANGE EARTH REMOTE SENSING SPACECRAFT

摘要

The paper presents an outlook into the application of single gimbal control moment gyros as actuators for orientation control of a future radio-range Earth remote sensing (ERS) spacecraft. It describes the precession rate control algorithms for single-gimbal control moment gyros which fulfil the requirements on spacecraft control systems. Mathematical modelling is used in order to show the implementability of the requirements and the assurance of the required stabilization accuracy during the ERS functioning.