

Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Skelton II, Claude Eugene Author's Email Address cskelton@vt.edu URN etd-12232003-100311 Title Mixed Control Moment Gyro and Momentum Wheel Attitude Control Strategies Degree Master of Science Department Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Chris Hall Committee Chair Craig Woolsey Committee Member Fred Lutze Committee Member Keywords
- momentum wheel
- control moment gyro
- spacecraft simulator
- attitude control
Date of Defense 2003-11-21 Availability unrestricted Abstract Attitude control laws that use control moment gyros (CMGs) and momentum wheels are derived with nonlinear techniques. The control laws command the CMGs to provide rapid angular acceleration andthe momentum wheels to reject tracking and initial condition errors. Numerical simulations of derived control laws are compared. A trend analysis is performed to examine the benefits of
the derived controllers. We describe the design of a CMG built using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment. A mixed attitude control strategy is implemented on the spacecraft simulator at Virginia Tech.
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