POPSAT industrial feasibility study, volume 1
Abstract
It is shown that a spacecraft with the characteristics required by the POPSAT mission can be manufactured at reasonable cost. These characteristics are: acceleration uncertainty due to surface forces of 5 x 10 to the power minus 10 per ms; a power supply of 110 W available continuously to the payload; a laser retroreflector array with an effective reflecting area of 0.04 sq m for any ground station; passive attitude control ensuring that the yaw axis points to Earth with a tolerance of 3 deg; ranging error with radio tracking due to the antenna phase centre displacement with attitude uncertainty of 1 cm; an attitude acquisition time well within 5 days with a probability of 99.9% by means of magnetic coils. Ariane 2 would be a suitable launcher.
- Publication:
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Final Report Aeritalia S.p.A
- Pub Date:
- June 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982aers.reptR.....
- Keywords:
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- Earth Rotation;
- Feasibility Analysis;
- Kinematics;
- Plates (Tectonics);
- Position (Location);
- Satellite Design;
- Satellite Observation;
- Ariane Launch Vehicle;
- Retroreflectors;
- Satellite Attitude Control;
- Satellite Configurations;
- Satellite Tracking;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles