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MAP Attitude Control System Design and AnalysisThe Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) is a follow-on to the Differential Microwave Radiometer (DMR) instrument on the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) spacecraft. The MAP spacecraft will perform its mission in a Lissajous orbit around the Earth-Sun L(sub 2) Lagrange point to suppress potential instrument disturbances. To make a full-sky map of cosmic microwave background fluctuations, a combination fast spin and slow precession motion will be used. MAP requires a propulsion system to reach L(sub 2), to unload system momentum, and to perform stationkeeping maneuvers once at L(sub 2). A minimum hardware, power and thermal safe control mode must also be provided. Sufficient attitude knowledge must be provided to yield instrument pointing to a standard deviation of 1.8 arc-minutes. The short development time and tight budgets require a new way of designing, simulating, and analyzing the Attitude Control System (ACS). This paper presents the design and analysis of the control system to meet these requirements.
Document ID
19970017227
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Andrews, S. F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Campbell, C. E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Ericsson-Jackson, A. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Markley, F. L.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
ODonnell, J. R., Jr.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Date Acquired
September 8, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: Flight Mechanics Symposium 1997
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Accession Number
97N19587
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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