Attitude Control for a Meteorological Rocket

Abstract

It is considered likely that meteorological rocket which would have the brief capability of a meteorological satellite will soon be needed. Such a vehicle could be used to test out new ideas and equipment for meteorological satellites and to provide a quick satellite's eye view of a questionable weather area. It will be necessary for meteorological rockets to contain some type of attitude control. This report describes the factors involved in attitude control and develops a theoretical solution. Various known values are used with the formulas proposed to demonstrate the feasibility of the solution. It is concluded that the problem could be solved by applying impulsive torquing to bring the longitudinal axis of the rocket into correct alignment to produce the desired attitude. The torque could be applied by a cold propellant discharged by a bang-bang servo mechanism.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1992
Accession Number
AD0281711

Entities

People

  • William O. Banks

Organizations

  • Air Armament Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Acceleration
  • Angular Momentum
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Celestial Navigation
  • Control Jets
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Detectors
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Government Procurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Momentum
  • Trajectories
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers