Comparative systems study of magnetically suspended flywheels
Abstract
A comparative study is presented of flywheels with passive or active magnetic suspension for geostationary satellites with flexible appendages. The characteristic parameters of three available types were critically compared, and the possibility of their application in spacecraft studied. The application of magnetically suspended (fixed) flywheels was investigated for geostationary satellites with large flexible solar arrays of the OTS and TVBS type, by means of simulation.
- Publication:
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Final Report Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm G.m.b.H
- Pub Date:
- December 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976mbbg.rept.....K
- Keywords:
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- Flexible Bodies;
- Flywheels;
- Magnetic Suspension;
- Synchronous Satellites;
- Angular Momentum;
- Appendages;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Satellite Attitude Control;
- Satellite Lifetime;
- Solar Arrays;
- Spacecraft Motion;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles