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    A reaction wheel (RW) is used primarily by spacecraft for three-axis attitude control, and does not require rockets or external applicators of torque....
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    Flywheel (redirect from Fly-wheel)
    controlling the orientation of a mechanical system using gyroscope and reaction wheel, etc. Flywheels are typically made of steel and rotate on conventional...
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    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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    exercise tool Inertial measurement unit Magnetometer Molecular gyroscope Reaction wheel Rifling Rigid body dynamics Turn and bank indicator Turn coordinator...
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  • process that can be used to explain phenomena in several disciplines Reaction wheel, a type of flywheel used primarily by spacecraft for attitude control...
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  • 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...
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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...
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    Wheel alignment, which is sometimes referred to as breaking or tracking, is part of standard automobile maintenance that consists of adjusting the angles...
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    electromagnetic propulsion system, low-weight antenna technology and a commercial reaction wheel to provide attitude control in orbit. According to the United States...
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    probe support equipment RCS: Reaction Control System RFS: Radio Frequency Subsystem RPX: ring plane crossing RWA: Reaction Wheel Assembly SCET: Spacecraft...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    tracker, a carbon nanotube radio frequency experiment, a commercial reaction wheel to provide attitude control in orbit. The FalconSAT-8 was deployed from...
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    wheel was designed to test nerve reactions (sensitivity) as it rolled systematically across the skin. A Wartenberg wheel is generally made of stainless...
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    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...
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    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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    Jerry (January 8, 2015). "Heat Death: Venture Capital in the 1980s". Reaction Wheel. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020...
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    pressures. The reaction to a radial load of a well-tensioned wire spoked wheel, such as by a rider sitting on a bicycle, is that the wheel flattens slightly...
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  • 2011. This is the first non-destructive latching of two satellites. Reaction wheel, an active attitude adjustment technique Gravity-gradient stabilization...
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    thus its control. It was severely damaged on 20 September 1998 when a reaction wheel in the spacecraft's Attitude Measuring and Control System reached its...
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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)...
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  • 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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    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...
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    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...
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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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  • "Wagon Wheel" is a song co-written by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show. Dylan recorded the chorus in 1973; Secor added verses 25 years...
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  • Hypergolic propellant Liquid-propellant rocket Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reaction wheel Nitrous oxide fuel blend United States Army: Elements of Aircraft and...
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    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...
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    motor for each wheel operates a pump that builds up and regulates the brake pressure on the wheel. This system offers a fast reaction time because of...
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    Beam axle (redirect from Wheel hop)
    the sudden steering wheel feedback. Camber angle cannot change during body roll. Furthermore, the roll center moves in reaction to road irregularities...
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