System for vehicle attitude and/or momentum control

Details System for vehicle attitude and/or momentum control System for vehicle attitude and/or momentum control

2007-09-25

2007-09-25

Dinh, Tien (Department: 3644)

Aeronautics and astronautics

Spacecraft

Attitude control

Reexamination Certificate

active

10980929

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle control system is provided that includes a slat having an axis, a plurality of microwheels disposed on the slat, each microwheel having a first stator wafer, a second stator wafer, and a rotor wafer disposed therebetween, the first and second stator wafers configured to spin the rotor wafer, and an actuator coupled to the slat and configured to at least partially rotate the slat about the axis.

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