Spacecraft control system for the relativity mission

H. Dougherty; D. Hegel; J. Kirschenbaum; J. Vanden Beukel; W. Reeve; J. Kasdin

doi:10.1016/0967-0661(95)00105-4

Spacecraft control system for the relativity mission

H. Dougherty, D. Hegel, J. Kirschenbaum, J. Vanden Beukel, W. Reeve, J. Kasdin

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Abstract

The attitude and translation control system described in this paper provides precision pointing and drag-free control to accomplish a scientific mission. The unique proportional helium thruster, which uses helium boiloff from the payload, controls thrust using pressure feedback to meet the high-accuracy requirements for force knowledge. The attitude control law torque commands are combined with the translation control law force commands through a distribution matrix to determine individual thruster commands. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is used to determine position and velocity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1119-1123
Number of pages	5
Journal	Control Engineering Practice
Volume	3
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0967-0661(95)00105-4
State	Published - Aug 1995

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Control and Systems Engineering
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Applied Mathematics

Keywords

Actuators
aerospace control
attitude control
closed-loop systems
control applications
control system design
conventional control
satellite control

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Spacecraft control system for the relativity mission

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