DocumentCode
286658
Title
Ion thrusters for orbit/attitude control of large flexible spacecraft
Author
Edwards, C.H. ; Gabriel, Stephen B.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Aeronaut. & Astronautics, Southampton Univ., UK
fYear
1993
fDate
34134
Firstpage
42614
Lastpage
42617
Abstract
Explores and identifies the issues involved in the application of ion thrusters (ITs) to the control of large flexible space structures. The performance and operational characteristics of ITs are outlined, including thrust throttling, startup response time and redundancy, and some aspects of application of ITs to control are discussed
Keywords
aerospace control; attitude control; redundancy; space vehicles; aerospace control; ion thrusters; large flexible spacecraft; operational characteristics; orbit/attitude control; redundancy; startup response time; thrust throttling;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
High Accuracy Platform Control in Space, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
Filename
255864
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