TY - GEN
T1 - On single-wheel configured spacecraft and the attitude stability revisited
AU - Kawaguchi, Jun'ichiro
AU - Kitajima, Akifumi
AU - Mori, Osamu
AU - Shirakawa, Kenichi
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper presents what the Hayabusa spacecraft experienced when it restarted the three axis stabilization. Due to the loss of two wheels aboard and also due to the loss of fuel, the primary axis of inertia of the spacecraft was tilted offset to the geometrical axis. The instability was observed unexpectedly since there was little thought about the instability associated with the single wheel system. The results can be applied for other spacecraft. The flight results are shown as well.
AB - This paper presents what the Hayabusa spacecraft experienced when it restarted the three axis stabilization. Due to the loss of two wheels aboard and also due to the loss of fuel, the primary axis of inertia of the spacecraft was tilted offset to the geometrical axis. The instability was observed unexpectedly since there was little thought about the instability associated with the single wheel system. The results can be applied for other spacecraft. The flight results are shown as well.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:60349113177
SN - 9780877035442
T3 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
SP - 571
EP - 577
BT - Space Flight Mechanics 2008 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
T2 - 18th Annual Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
Y2 - 27 January 2008 through 31 January 2008
ER -