An efficient momentum dumping method for near equatorial orbit satellites

• Main Author: Tissera, Mihindukulasooriya Sheral Crescent
• Other Authors: Ling Keck Voon
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Microelectromechanical systems; DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Control engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Computer hardware, software and systems
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69898
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this research, the improvement of the reaction wheel angular momentum dumping efficiency for a near equatorial orbit satellite through a new Sun-pointing strategy will be presented. Reaction wheels suffer from angular momentum saturation (i.e. when the speed of the reaction wheel reaches its...