Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Certain problems arise in connection with the design and construction of a Space Station. These problems are partly related to the impossibility to predict in advance the ultimate form and size which the Space Station will assume. Due to the abatement of volume and strength constraints it will be desirable (for maximum utility of mass) to permit very low structural resonance frequencies, and due to complexity of the configuration there will be an extremely high density of modal frequencies. The basic approaches available to an attitude control system designer for coping with the dynamics of a plant with the considered characteristics are examined. In order to overcome difficulties related to a use of currently widely considered approaches, a technique is proposed whereby the degrees of freedom requiring active control are isolated mechanically from other superfluous vibratory modes.
Keywords:
SPACECRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE
Type:
AAS PAPER 83-065
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Guidance and control 1983; Feb 05, 1983 - Feb 09, 1983; Keystone, CO
Format:
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