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Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien

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

limit cycle without external torque<br />

A limit cycle without external torque swings the spacecraft back and forth between preset<br />

angular limits. When the spacecraft drifts across one of the angular limits Θ L , the attitude-control<br />

system fires a thruster pair for correction. The spacecraft rotation reverses and continues until the<br />

opposite angular limit is reached, at which time the opposite thruster pair is fired. It is important<br />

that the smallest possible impulse be used for the corrections because the impulse must be<br />

removed by the opposite thruster pair.<br />

cont‘d

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