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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2007
Applicants:
William Edward Bialke, Trumansburg, NY (US);
Eric Stromswold, Spencer, NY (US);
Inventors:
William Edward Bialke, Trumansburg, NY (US);
Eric Stromswold, Spencer, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ithaco Space Systems, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/30 (2006.01); G01C 19/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An attitude control system for a spacecraft is disclosed that includes a scissored pair of control moment gyroscopes for delivering an output torque to the spacecraft along a an output axis, wherein each gyroscope has a spin motor for spinning a rotor about a rotor axis and a gimbal torque motor for rotating the rotor about a gimbal axis, and wherein the system includes a generator for extracting kinetic energy from the rotors during rotor deceleration to power the gimbal torque motors of the gyroscopes.