(Texas A&M University, 2013-03-13) Larson, Wiley J.
This monograph describes the author's internship experiences at Ball
Aerospace Systems Division, Boulder, Colorado. A system-level spacecraft design procedure is
presented. It describes a spacecraft design flow with emphasis on the interactions among
subsystem design decisions. The preliminary subsystem trade studies are discussed. Several
financial and marketing issues of spacecraft contract proposal development are discussed. The
linear design and analysis of the attitude control system for the Air Force Starscan
spacecraft is presented. The equations of motion are developed and several attitude control
structures and saturation torque limiting schemes are analyzed.