The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is planned to be launched in 2011 to the Sun- Earth L2 libration point. The resultant delta-Vs (dV) from momentum unloads will perturb the orbit and necessitate frequent station-keeping maneuvers. The station-keeping dV budget is highly sensitive to the direction of the resultant dV vector. A simple spacecraft reorientation prior to each momentum unload will allow some control over the direction of the resultant dV vector. For each inertial momentum vector direction, an optimum spacecraft attitude is determined which gives a resultant dV vector that requires the least amount of station-keeping dV. Using this procedure, the station-keeping dV budget for JWST can be reduced by 60%.


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    Title :

    James Webb Space Telescope Station-keeping


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    14th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting ; 2004 ; Maui, HI, United States


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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