A conceptual design and set of dynamic equations of a gimbaled AMCD adapted to a Large Space Telescope are presented. Such a system could provide maneuver capability and precision pointing by means of one external gimbal, wheel speed control, and small motions of the rim within the magnetic gap. (Author)


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    Title :

    Annular Momentum Control Device (AMCD). Volume 2: Application to a Large Space Telescope


    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    50 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English