Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – Attitude control
Patent
1990-01-31
1991-06-25
Barefoot, Galen
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
Attitude control
244165, 114122, 114125, B64G 128
Patent
active
050260081
ABSTRACT:
An improved fluid actuating system for imparting motion to a body such as a spacecraft is disclosed. The fluid actuating system consists of a fluid mass that may be controllably accelerated through at least one fluid path whereby an opposite acceleration is experienced by the spacecraft. For full control of the spacecraft's orientation, the system would include a plurality of fluid paths. The fluid paths may be circular or irregular, and the fluid paths may located on the interior or exterior of the spacecraft.
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Iskenderian Theodore C.
Lurie Boris J.
Schier J. Alan
Adams Harold W.
Barefoot Galen
Jones Thomas H.
Manning John R.
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator
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