ELECTRONICS PROGRAM. SATELLITE ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM EXPERIMENTS.

Abstract

Primary effort was devoted to the evaluation and initial operation of the single-axis, wire supported, space-vehicle simulator. A bang-bang attitude control system was implemented to aid in the evaluation of the simulator and a new draftfree enclosure was constructed to house the simulator. Two pieces of special purpose test equipment, a sun sensor and a light source, were designed and fabricated. An integrated power system, designed for the simulator, is in the process of implementation. Implementation of the attitude control system was initiated. The horizonsensing system was qualitatively evaluated, and a derived-rate controller was mechanized and operated. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 21, 1963
Accession Number
AD0423888

Entities

People

  • D. J. Griep
  • J. G. Zaremba

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Light Sources
  • Satellite Attitude Control
  • Satellite Orientation
  • Simulators
  • Spacecraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers