A reaction wheel (RW) is used primarily by spacecraft for three-axis attitude control, and does not require rockets or external applicators of torque....

controlling the orientation of a mechanical system using gyroscope and reaction wheel, etc. Flywheels are typically made of steel and rotate on conventional...

fuel. In July 2012, one of Kepler's four reaction wheels (wheel 2) failed. On May 11, 2013, a second wheel (wheel 4) failed, jeopardizing the continuation...

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House, the now lost house of Francis Bacon Wollaton Hall In spacecraft reaction wheel layout, a tetrahedral configuration of four wheels is commonly used...

mass, large CMGs have produced thousands of newton meters of torque. A reaction wheel of similar capability would require megawatts of power. The most effective...

Wheel alignment, which is sometimes referred to as breaking or tracking, is part of standard automobile maintenance that consists of adjusting the angles...

electromagnetic propulsion system, low-weight antenna technology and a commercial reaction wheel to provide attitude control in orbit. According to the United States...

process that can be used to explain phenomena in several disciplines Reaction wheel, a type of flywheel used primarily by spacecraft for attitude control...

wheel was designed to test nerve reactions (sensitivity) as it rolled systematically across the skin. A Wartenberg wheel is generally made of stainless...

water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists...

reel-to-reel recorder and can store ten times more data. One of Hubble's four Reaction Wheel Assemblies (RWA) -- part of the telescope's Pointing Control Subsystem—was...

probe support equipment RCS: Reaction Control System RFS: Radio Frequency Subsystem RPX: ring plane crossing RWA: Reaction Wheel Assembly SCET: Spacecraft...

from three to two. In 2005, two reaction wheels that govern the attitude movement of Hayabusa failed; the X-axis wheel failed on 31 July, and the Y-axis...

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and monitoring of the near-earth space environment. In addition, the Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA), IR Sensor (IRS), and Femto second Laser Oscillator (FSO)...

2011. This is the first non-destructive latching of two satellites. Reaction wheel, an active attitude adjustment technique Gravity-gradient stabilization...

D. J.; Bertrand, P. A. (1999). "Analysis of Hubble Space Telescope Reaction Wheel Lubricant". Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 36 (1): 109–113. Bibcode:1999JSpRo...

attitude of a vehicle, rather than for energy storage, it is called a reaction wheel or a control moment gyroscope. The resistance of angular tilting can...

field along the ecliptic to a new area roughly every 75 days due to reaction wheel failure. TESS was launched on 18 April 2018, and is planned to survey...

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on a given axis, the reaction wheel on that axis is accelerated in the opposite direction. To rotate the vehicle back, the wheel is slowed. Excess momentum...

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escaped the comet's gravity. After detecting the touchdown, Philae's reaction wheel was automatically powered off, resulting in its momentum being transferred...

installation of new solar arrays, a new camera, a new Power Control Unit, a Reaction Wheel Assembly and an experimental cooling system for the NICMOS unit. STS-109...

spacecraft's four reaction wheels began exhibiting increased levels of "bearing friction noise". Increased friction levels in Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA) B...

North American wheel bug or simply wheel bug, is a species of large assassin bug in the family Reduviidae and the only species of wheel bug found in the...

thrusters were used for attitude control. For precision attitude control, a reaction wheel attitude control system was also included. Information for attitude...

satellite BeeSat-1 2009-051C (35933) 1U Berlin Institute of Technology Reaction wheel technology qualification Active 23 Sep 2009 PSLV-CA UWE-2 2009-051D...

spacecraft launched in 2009, repurposed as K2 since the failure of a second reaction wheel prevented the telescope from continuing to monitor the same field. BRITE...