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Flight Nutation Validation of the COS-B and EQUATOR-S Spacecraft

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The validation of spacecraft flight nutation damping performance can only be obtained when flight data become available. Dedicated space nutation tests, e.g. in a decommissioning phase, are required to enable a systematic evaluation of model, ground test and space performance results. Space nutation flight data, however, are sparsely available. This article deals with the verification and validation of the COS-B and EQUATOR-S nutation flight data on basis of their ground test data and three model types. It will be shown that the Navier-Stokes model solution in the co-rotating body reference frame, as used in the development of the Ulysses, FY-2 and Cluster nutation dampers, is the backbone of liquid damper design of the type “tube-with-endpots”.

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  1. Chair Space Systems Engineering, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629HS, Delft, The Netherlands

    Hans Kuiper

  2. Dutch Space B.V., Mendelweg 30, 2333DB, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Edward Bongers

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  1. Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, Kluyverweg 1, Delft, 2629, Netherlands

    Qiping Chu

  2. , Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, Kluyverweg 1, Delft, 2629, Netherlands

    Bob Mulder

  3. , Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, Kluyverweg 1, Delft, 2629, Netherlands

    Daniel Choukroun

  4. , Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, Kluyverweg 1, Delft, 2629, Netherlands

    Erik-Jan van Kampen

  5. , Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, Kluyverweg 1, Delft, 2629 HS, Netherlands

    Coen de Visser

  6. Robotics and Mechatronics Center, System Dynamics and Control, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Münchner Straße 20, Wessling, 82234, Germany

    Gertjan Looye

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Kuiper, H., Bongers, E. (2013). Flight Nutation Validation of the COS-B and EQUATOR-S Spacecraft. In: Chu, Q., Mulder, B., Choukroun, D., van Kampen, EJ., de Visser, C., Looye, G. (eds) Advances in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38253-6_41

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