Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien
Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien
Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien
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<strong>Space</strong> <strong>Propulsion</strong><br />
Example 7: Precession of Spin Axis<br />
What burn time, or pulse width, is required to precess a spacecraft spin axis by 3-deg (0.05236 rad)<br />
under the following conditions:<br />
Thrust 10 N<br />
Moment arm = 0.5 m<br />
Moment of inertia 112.5 kg.m2<br />
<strong>Space</strong>craft Spin rate 2 rpm (0.2094 rad/s)<br />
Specific impulse = 1900 m/s<br />
t<br />
ΦIvω<br />
=<br />
2nFL<br />
0.05236*112.5*0.2094<br />
2*1*10*0.5<br />
b<br />
=<br />
=<br />
0.124<br />
[ s]<br />
burn time of thruster to produce nutation<br />
angle Φ/2<br />
m<br />
nFtb<br />
2*1*10*0.124<br />
= 2 =<br />
= 0.0013 [ kg]<br />
1.3 [ g]<br />
total propellant consumed by both burns<br />
I 1900<br />
p<br />
=<br />
sp