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ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM USING SUN SENSORS, EARTH SENSOR, MEMS, IMU, ACS, ORBIT

3-AXIS ATTITUDE READOUT System Components:  OPTICAL ENERGY TECH. ONE OR TWO SUN SENSORS  OPTICAL ENERGY TECH. ONE IR EARTH SENSOR  MICRO AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS ONE MEMS IMU  Predicted System Performance:  ATTITUDE READ-OUT ERROR ~ DEGREES  ORBIT REVOLUTIONS  OPERATION FUNCTION:  • Sun Sensors Correct IMU Drift Whenever Sun is Seen • Earth Sensors Correct Yaw Drift • Kalman Filter Maintains Attitude During Dark Orbit Period  ADDED COMPONENTS FOR ATTITUDE CONTROL  ALAMEDA APPLIED SCIENCES' VACUUM ARC THRUSTERS  THRUSTER PARAMETERS: • Vacuum Arc Thrusters (VAT) Provide a Very High Specific Impulse ( ISP = 1,500 Sec.) • A Pair of These Thrusters Can Provide the Following Estimated Attitude Control Parameters for Spacecraft of Various Masses: Spacecraft Mass VAT System Power Time for 90° Maneuver Estimated System Mass 10 Kgrams. 10 watts 2.34 hours 2 Kgrams. 100 Kgrams. 100 watts 3.30 hours 4 Kgrams. 500 Kgrams. 200 watts 5.22 hours 8 Kgrams.  LINKS TO COMPONENT MANUFACTURERS:  Micro Aerospace Solutions, Inc. of Melbourne Florida http://www.Micro-A.net  Alameda Applied Sciences Corp of San Leandro, CA http://www.AASC.net >>> Click here to find out about INFRARED (IR) BLACKBODY SOURCES  >>> Menu Solar Panels - Home, Commercial, Industrial Photovoltaic Solar Roof Shingles Solar Swimming Pool Heater Panels Spacecraft Solar Panels Sun Sensors Earth Sensors Attitude Control Systems Sun Simulators / Solar Simulator Infrared Blackbody Sources Discrete Optical Filter Radiometer High Resolution Spectro-Radiometer Contact Us Home

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