Solar vane actuator Patent
Design and characteristics of device for sensing solar radiation and providing spacecraft attitude control to maintain direction with respect to incident radiation
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Design and characteristics of device for sensing solar radiation and providing spacecraft attitude control to maintain direction with respect to incident radiation
Attitude control system for spacecraft based on conversion of incident solar radiation on movable control surfaces into mechanical torques
Acquisition phase of attitude control function of space vehicle, using noisy measurements on one state
Sterilization of guidance and control systems and components
Counterbalance system using a servomechanism, for dynamic testing of equipment operating in a zero-g field
Spacecraft attitude control system optimization by parametric analysis of the magnitudes and directions of solar pressure torques
Position control system using a stepper or incremental motor for planetary horizontal platform on spacecraft
Attitude control of interplanetary spacecraft by solar radiation pressure
A position servo utilizing a stepper motor