Abstract:In this paper, a reaction wheel design is presented and proposed for use in Dalhousie University's Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance Imagery Satellite (LORIS) 2U CubeSat. After estimating a cumulative maximum disturbance torque of 7.16 × 10 -7 Nm in low Earth orbit, a flywheel design was developed with a momentum storage of 1.01 × 10 -2 Nms. The authors propose to machine the flywheel in a skate-wheel shape to provide a large inertia-to-mass ratio compared to solidcylindrical designs. A novel three-shaft system i… Show more
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