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Title: Method and integrated system for the torque control and energy storage for a space vehicle

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5534479

The energy storage is effected kinetically. The system includes a first feedback loop with a time constant tau 1 including a regulator connecting the supply busbar to a device for controlling momentum wheels used for the kinetic energy storage and the torque control. A second feedback loop, of time constant tau 2, transmits velocity data omega from the momentum wheels to a processing unit, constituted by a microprocessor, which controls the wheel actuating device. A third feedback loop, of time constant tau 3, supplies the processing unit with the data regarding the torque required by the satellite piloting device.

Assignee:
Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale (France)
Patent Number(s):
US 4188666
OSTI ID:
5534479
Resource Relation:
Patent Priority Date: Priority date 31 May 1977, France; Other Information: PAT-APPL-908598
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English