RW400
AAC Clyde Space
The RW400 is a reaction wheel designed for small satellite missions, offering high reliability, adaptability, and accuracy for precise pointing.
Technical specifications
- Product name
- Trillian-1 (RW400)
- Application
- Small Satellite missions
- Key features
- High reliability, adaptability, and accuracy
- Total momentum storage
- +/- 15, +/- 30, +/- 50 mN.m. s
- Maximum torque
- +/- 8 mN.m
- Maximum rotation speed
- 5000 rpm
- Control accuracy
- +/- 1 % of target rpm
- Dimensions
- 50 x 50 x 27 mm
- Mass
- 197 / 210 / 375 g
- Operating temperature
- -40 to +60 °C
- Radiation tolerance
- >36 krad (Si)
- Supply voltage
- 4.5 V (Min), 5.0 V (Typ), 5.25 V (Max)
- Logic supply voltage
- 2.3 V (Min), 3.3 V (Typ), 5.1 V (Max)
- Bus logic level voltage
- 3.3 - 5.1 V
- Idle Power
- 751 mW (Max)
- Nominal Power
- 1000 mW (Typ)
- Peak Power
- 1900 mW (Typ), 15000 mW (Max)
About
The Trillian-1 reaction wheel, also referred to as RW400, provides high reliability, adaptability, and accuracy, making it a one-of-a-kind product for Small Satellite missions. Reaction wheels are critical components in Attitude Determination and Control Systems (ADCS) for spacecraft, enabling precise pointing and attitude adjustments by generating torque. While the page provides a brief summary of the RW400, it also lists several other related ADCS products from AAC Clyde Space, including various antennas, GNSS receivers, integrated ADCS units, magnetometers, magnetorquers, gyroscopes, and star trackers, highlighting the company’s comprehensive offerings in satellite attitude control.
Documentation
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