Chinese Space Science and Technology ›› 2013, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 7-14.doi: 10.3780/j.issn.1000-758X.2013.01.002

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Research on Momentum Wheel Reconfiguration Design of Zero-momentum Satellite

Gu Peng1,2,Wang Dayi1,2,Liu Chengrui1,2   

  1. (1 Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Beijing 100190) (2 National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Space Intelligent Control, Beijing 100190)
  • Received:2012-07-18 Revised:2012-09-18 Published:2013-02-25 Online:2013-02-25

Abstract: The selection of momentum wheel configuration in satellite attitude control system design was investigated. Five different orientations of momentum wheel system were summarized. The design criteria of momentum wheel reconfiguration, the saturation of the momentum wheel under disturbance torque, energy consumption and reliability in different orientations were proposed by comparing the angular momentum envelope. The proposed method could be applied to the design of momentum wheel control system.

Key words: Momentum wheel, Configuration, Angular momentum envelop, Reliability, Reconfiguration, Attitude control, Spacecraft