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PASSIVE STABILISATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
  • Spacecraft
CONT

[A] popular method of passive stabilization is to employ a spinning heavy flywheel to increase the moment of momentum of the spacecraft in a particular direction ... This method of stabilization could be considered to be passive when no energy is delivered to the flywheel while the spacecraft is in orbit ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

La stabilisation passive consiste soit à communiquer un mouvement de rotation au satellite autour de son axe principal d'inertie qui garde alors une direction fixe dans l'espace (stabilisation gyroscopique ou par spin), soit à utiliser le gradient de gravité créé par l'astre autour duquel il gravite.

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