• DocumentCode
    1127039
  • Title

    Reliability of the Station-Keeping Activator Subsystem of a Geostationary Satellite

  • Author

    Powell, D.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Laboratoire d´´Automatique et d´´Analyse des Systémes, France
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    5/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    255
  • Lastpage
    263
  • Abstract
    The reliability of the station-keeping activator subsystem of a geostationary satellite using electric thrusters is analyzed by modeling the probabilistic behavior of the system as a homogeneous Markov process. The method is applied to the particular case of a 400-kg satellite using 1.5-mN cesium contact electric thrusters. lt is shown that certain system configurations offer a mass improvement without loss of reliability.
  • Keywords
    Angular velocity; Contacts; Degradation; Markov processes; Orbital calculations; Probability; Reliability engineering; Satellites; Temperature; Topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.1977.308393
  • Filename
    4101802
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1127039