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Attitude drift analysis for the wind and polar missions
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Crouse, Patrick |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Description | The spin axis attitude drift due to environmental torques acting on the Global Geospace Science (GGS) Interplanetary Physics Laboratory (WIND) and the Polar Plasma Laboratory (POLAR) and the subsequent impact on the maneuver planning strategy for each mission is investigated. A brief overview of each mission is presented, including mission objectives, requirements, constraints, and spacecraft design. The environmental torques that act on the spacecraft and the relative importance of each is addressed. Analysis results are presented that provide the basis for recommendations made pre-launch to target the spin axis attitude to minimize attitude trim maneuvers for both spacecraft over their respective mission lives. It is demonstrated that attitude drift is not the dominant factor in maintaining the pointing requirement for each spacecraft. Further it is demonstrated that the WIND pointing cannot be met pas 4 months due to the Sun angle constraint, while the POLAR initial attitude can be chosen such that attitude trim maneuvers are not required during each 6 month viewing period. |
| File Size | 446038 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19960035756 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t03z3688f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1996-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrodynamics Attitude Inclination Satellite Attitude Control Mission Planning Spacecraft Stability Drift Rate Pressure Measurement Orbital Maneuvers Orbit Perturbation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
