A Case Study in NASA-DoD - The Black Vault
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Table D-1<br />
ATTITUDE CONTROL AND STABILIZATION SYSTEMS<br />
STPSS<br />
Characteristic% and<br />
Specifications AEM I II III M S<br />
Type of Precision Precision<br />
Stabilization Three-Axis Sp<strong>in</strong> Three-Axis Three-Axis Three-Axis<br />
Performance:<br />
Attitude control ±16 pitch, 1*-2 1-20 0.10 Less than<br />
roll sp<strong>in</strong> axis all axes all axes 0.010<br />
±2* yaw all axes<br />
Rate control ±0.01*/sec 0.01*/sec 0.003*/sec Less than<br />
all axes<br />
10-6*/sec<br />
all axes<br />
(long term)<br />
Attitude ±0.50 0.20-0.4* 0.020<br />
determ<strong>in</strong>ation pitch, roll<br />
±20 yaw<br />
Control Torques:<br />
RCS None Cold gas, Cold gas, N 2 ; N 2 H 4 Hydraz<strong>in</strong>e<br />
N 2 N 2 option (optional)<br />
Momentum wheels Pitch bias None None 3, re- 4, reaction<br />
wheel, roll action wheels<br />
wheel option<br />
Electromagnets 3 None Option Option 3, pitch,<br />
roll, yaw<br />
Nutation damper None 1 None None None<br />
Sensors:<br />
Earth Mounted on 1 2, conical None None<br />
pitch wheel<br />
scan<br />
Sun 3 head sun 1 2 2 Both f<strong>in</strong>e<br />
sensor<br />
and coarse<br />
(solar array)<br />
Star None None None 2 strapdown 2 strapdorn<br />
trackers trackers<br />
Magnetic 3 axis None Option Option 3 axis<br />
magnetometer<br />
magnetometer<br />
Gyros None None 2 rate 4 rate 3 axis +<br />
(I standby) redundancy<br />
Accelerometers 1 None None None None<br />
Miscellaneous:<br />
Computer M<strong>in</strong>imal None Yes, dedi- Yes, dedi- Yes, shared<br />
cated cated<br />
Control system weight 29 lb 95 lb 165 lb 289 lb 253 lb (not<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g N2 1<br />
RCS weight)<br />
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