MOMENTUM TUBE FOR DISTRIBUTED ACTUATION

摘要

An spacecraft control system (200) is provided that includes a tube (202) and a plurality of microwheels (204a, 204b, 204c). The plurality of microwheels (204a, 204b, 204c) is disposed within the tube (202). Each microwheel (204) has a first stator wafer (205), a second stator wafer (208), and a rotor wafer (210) disposed therebetween. The first (206) and second (208) stator wafers are configured to spin the rotor wafer (210).