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- Offers a rigorous approach to spacecraft momentum control systems informed by in-depth practical experience in contemporary technology
- Practically addresses the topic of singularity avoidance with a contemporary perspective
- Includes information for all who are interested in the problem of pointing a spacecraft precisely and quickly, from commercial engineers to researchers and students
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Space Technology Library (SPTL, volume 1010)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Algorithms for Spacecraft Steering
- Attitude Control
- Control Moment Gyroscopes
- Gyroscopes in Spacecraft
- High-agility Spacecraft Control
- Reaction Wheels
- Space Systems Engineering
- Spacecraft Dynamics
- Spacecraft Engineering
- System-level Architecture of Spacecraft
- Theoretical use of Actuators in Aerospace Engineering
Authors and Affiliations
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Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland A.F.B, USA
Frederick A. Leve
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Honeywell, Glendale, USA
Brian J. Hamilton
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Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
Mason A. Peck
About the authors
Frederick A. Leve Research Aerospace Engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Florida in 2010. While at the University of Florida, he received the IAF Silver Hermann Oberth Medal and the AIAA Abe Zarem Award for Astronautics. Currently, he is the technical advisor to the Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Group and has published many papers in the area of attitude dynamics and control, specifically with respect to momentum control systems and also performs research in under-actuated control, fault tolerant control, control allocation, analytical mechanics, and system identification. Dr. Leve is a recipient of the 2014 AFRL Early Career Award.
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Brian J. Hamilton Engineering Fellow at Honeywell Aerospace, received a BSEE with Honors from the University of Illinois, 1976.Mr. Hamilton has nearly 40 years of experience at Honeywell (formerly, Sperry) and has participated in the development of CMG technology since its infancy. In recent years, his research focus has been on CMG array control and steering, and the general application of momentum systems to agile spacecraft attitude control. Other areas of specialty include nonlinear modeling, controls design, system optimization and active magnetic suspension. Mr. Hamilton holds 12 patents.Â
Mason A. Peck
Associate Professor at Cornell University in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2001. He has worked as an aerospace engineer since 1994 and has been on the faculty at Cornell since 2004. From late 2011 through early 2014 he was NASA’s Chief Technologist. In that role, he served as the agency’s chief strategist for technology investment and prioritization and advocate for innovation in aeronautics and space technology.His research lab focuses on fundamental research in space technology that can be advanced through flight experiments. Examples include Violet, a nanosatellite for demonstrating CMG steering laws, and KickSat,
the world’s first crowdfunded spacecraft. Dr. Peck holds 19 patents in the U.S. and the E.U. and has over 100 academic publications. He received the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal in 2014.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spacecraft Momentum Control Systems
Authors: Frederick A. Leve, Brian J. Hamilton, Mason A. Peck
Series Title: Space Technology Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22563-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22562-3Published: 29 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36174-1Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22563-0Published: 17 October 2015
Series ISSN: 0924-4263
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8896
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 247
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory, Control and Systems Theory