TECHNIQUES FOR EARTH-POINTING ATTITUDE CONTROL OF A SPACECRAFT.
Abstract
The paper surveys the attitude control techniques particularly applicable to earth-pointing spacecraft, covering horizon sensors and overall systems of the spinning, gravity-gradient, and fully stabilized varieties. Considerable attention is given to the gyrocompassing technique for spinning and fully stabilized vehicles. The paper was presented at the NATO Summer School on Earth Observation Satellites, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, July 1969, and published in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0711517
Entities
People
- M. B. Barnes
- W. G. Hughes
Organizations
- Royal Aircraft Establishment