Coupled Orbit and Attitude Motion of Spacecraft

摘要

The primary facility involved in the project research is the Space Systems Simulation Laboratory, which consolidates several space-related experimental efforts, including a linear air track facility, the Distributed Spacecraft Attitude Control System Simulator, a magnetic bearing system, and a control moment gyro system developed with funding from Honeywell, Inc. This laboratory is being used in experimental studies of coupled attitude and orbital motion, the effects of base motion on magnetic bearings, and various problems associated with momentum wheels and control moment gyros (CMGs).