Title

Investigation of the Acquisition Problem in Satellite Attitude Control

Date

1965

Index Abstract

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Photo Quality

Not Needed

Report Number

AFFDL TR 65-115

Creator

Sabroff, A.

Frew, A.

Gran, M.

Farrenhopf, R.

Corporate Author

TRW/Space Technology Laboratories

Laboratory

Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory

Extent

318

Identifier

AD0628062

AD0628062

Access Rights

Distribution of this document is unlimited

Distribution Classification

1

Contract

AF 33(615)-1535

DoD Project

8219

DoD Task

821904

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Special Scanning Requirements

fold out pages

Abstract

The acquisition function of a spacecraft attitude control system consists of properly orienting the vehicle with respect to specified reference directions starting from large initial attitude and rate errors. The resulting control system design problem was examined by establishing suitable mathematical representations, comparing competing control concepts, developing a practical optimization approach, and evaluating a new technique for applying Lyapunov stability theory to the acquisition problem.

Report Availability

Full text available

Date Issued

1965-12

Provenance

AFRL/VACA

Type

report

Subject

Satellite Attitude

Attitude Control Systems

Automatic

Stability

Nonlinear Systems

Equations of Motion

Euler Angles

Optimization

Format

1 online resource