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This chapter discusses the methods of CMG torque allocation—techniques for finding CMG gimbal rates to provide a commanded torque. The literature often refers to these allocation techniques as steering algorithms or steering laws, of which pseudoinverse solutions are the most commonly discussed. The chapter surveys many of the classes of steering algorithms, starting with pseudoinverse methods, continuing with the more conservative methods based on limited gimbal angles and angular momentum, and ending with the less conventional and state-of-the-art optimal methods.
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Leve, F.A., Hamilton, B.J., Peck, M.A. (2015). Steering Algorithms. In: Spacecraft Momentum Control Systems. Space Technology Library, vol 1010. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22563-0_7
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