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 />
dir. of ext. torque<br />
one-sided limit cycle<br />
with an external torque on the spacecraft,<br />
rotation occurs until a limit line is reached<br />
and a thruster pair is fired for correction<br />
total angular momentum H supplied by the<br />
propulsion system exactly equals the momentum<br />
induced by the external torque T x during mission<br />
time t m ; F is time – averaged thrust<br />
H = T t =<br />
x<br />
m<br />
Ft<br />
m<br />
propellant mass required to compensate for the<br />
external torque<br />
nF<br />
I<br />
nFL<br />
m p = tm<br />
= tm<br />
=<br />
sp<br />
LI<br />
sp<br />
T<br />
LI<br />
x<br />
sp<br />
t<br />
m<br />
cont‘d