GB2056392B - Attitude control system for spacecraft utilizing the thruster plume - Google Patents

Attitude control system for spacecraft utilizing the thruster plume

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Publication number
GB2056392B
GB2056392B GB8026787A GB8026787A GB2056392B GB 2056392 B GB2056392 B GB 2056392B GB 8026787 A GB8026787 A GB 8026787A GB 8026787 A GB8026787 A GB 8026787A GB 2056392 B GB2056392 B GB 2056392B
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control system
attitude control
thruster plume
spacecraft utilizing
spacecraft
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RCA Corp
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RCA Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/24—Guiding or controlling apparatus, e.g. for attitude control
    • B64G1/26—Guiding or controlling apparatus, e.g. for attitude control using jets

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Control Of Position, Course, Altitude, Or Attitude Of Moving Bodies (AREA)
  • Steering-Linkage Mechanisms And Four-Wheel Steering (AREA)
GB8026787A 1979-08-22 1980-08-15 Attitude control system for spacecraft utilizing the thruster plume Expired GB2056392B (en)

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US6850279A 1979-08-22 1979-08-22

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GB2056392A GB2056392A (en) 1981-03-18
GB2056392B true GB2056392B (en) 1983-08-03

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JP (1) JPS5634600A (en)
DE (1) DE3031763C2 (en)
FR (1) FR2469346A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2056392B (en)

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GB2251834B (en) * 1983-02-22 1992-12-16 George Alexander Tarrant Guided missiles
US5251855A (en) * 1990-05-09 1993-10-12 Agence Spatiale Europeenne Spacecraft propulsion system thruster firing system
FR2661889B1 (en) * 1990-05-09 1994-09-09 Europ Agence Spatiale PROPULSIVE SYSTEM FOR A ROTATING STABILIZED SPACE MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ITS FIRE.
FR2710314B1 (en) * 1993-09-23 1995-12-15 Aerospatiale 3-axis stabilized satellite with geocentric pointing in low orbit with orientable 1-axis solar generator.
US5813633A (en) * 1995-12-22 1998-09-29 Hughes Electronics Corporation Method and apparatus for stationkeeping a satellite offset by pitch rotation
US10464694B1 (en) * 2017-03-23 2019-11-05 Space Systems/Loral, Llc Asymmetric thruster gimbal configuration
CN114264446B (en) * 2021-12-23 2023-08-29 中电科蓝天科技股份有限公司 Multi-degree-of-freedom pose-adjustable electric propulsion plume test tool

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US3866025A (en) * 1972-03-17 1975-02-11 Rca Corp Spacecraft attitude control system
DE2642061C2 (en) * 1976-09-18 1983-11-24 Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH, 8000 München Position control and orbit change method for a three-axis stabilizable satellite, in particular for a geostationary satellite and device for carrying out the method

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GB2056392A (en) 1981-03-18
JPS6363440B2 (en) 1988-12-07
FR2469346A1 (en) 1981-05-22
JPS5634600A (en) 1981-04-06
DE3031763A1 (en) 1981-03-26
FR2469346B1 (en) 1984-11-30
DE3031763C2 (en) 1982-06-24

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Effective date: 19940815