16.S685 Attitude Control Systems
The pointing control of spacecraft requires knowledge of a wide variety of aspects of the space environment, kinematics, dynamics and control. The course will cover the following topics in six lectures and two laboratory session. Examples will be drawn from real missions including geosynchronous communications satellites during mission and transfer orbits. The course is designed to be interactive. Other examples, including GPS IIR, GGS Polar, Indostar-1, and TDRS H, I, J will be used to illustrate the topics. The material will be applicable to all spacecraft including low earth, geosynchronous, landers and deep space.