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Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien

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<strong>Space</strong> <strong>Propulsion</strong><br />

Mission Design and Attitude Control<br />

Task<br />

Mission design<br />

Orbit changes<br />

Plane changes<br />

Orbit trim<br />

Stationkeeping<br />

Repositioning<br />

Attitude Control<br />

Thrust vector control<br />

Attitude control<br />

Attitude changes<br />

Reaction wheel unloading<br />

Maneuvering<br />

(Translational velocity change)<br />

Convert one orbit to another<br />

Change orbital plane, other orbit<br />

parameters remaining constant<br />

Remove Iaunch vehicle errors<br />

Maintain constellation position<br />

Change constellation position<br />

(RotationaI velocity change)<br />

Remove vector errors<br />

Maintain an attitude<br />

Change attitudes<br />

Description<br />

Remove stored momentum<br />

Repositioning the spacecraft axes

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