A Permanent Magnetic Dipole Reaction Sphere Actuator for Spacecraft Attitude Control

This thesis presents decoupled, closed-loop, suspension and rotation of a spherical dipole permanent magnet. The spherical magnet is used as the rotor in a bench-level prototype reaction sphere actuator for spacecraft attitude (orientation) control. Reaction spheres rotate spacecraft either with an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamer, Tyler Thomas
Other Authors: Trumper, David L.
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/138932