A study of the attitude stabilizing system for solar power satellite 'SPS2000'
Abstract
The laser-drilling method presently discussed for aircraft gas turbine air-cooled hot-section component fabrication is able to deliver beam pulses with power densities of 10 exp 7 W/cu cm and duration. Such pulses are able to not only melt, but partially vaporize and eject the target material; material removal rates are of the order of 0.35 mm/sec. A turbine blade with a total of 142 laser-drilled holes underwent complete processing in only 21 min. Actual hole-drilling time was only 9.2 min.
- Publication:
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ESA Special Publication
- Pub Date:
- 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992ESASP.341..711I
- Keywords:
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- Active Control;
- Actuators;
- Satellite Attitude Control;
- Solar Power Satellites;
- Spacecraft Stability;
- Tetherlines;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Solar Cells;
- Space Debris;
- Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance