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)
Annular Momentum Control Device (AMCD). Volume 2: Application to a Large Space Telescope
1975
50 pages
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English