Timeline for Could you use magnets to orient in space?
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| Jan 29, 2019 at 18:21 | vote | accept | Osthekake | ||
| Jan 29, 2019 at 17:03 | comment | added | uhoh | If you can find one, you may be able to add another answer to Could an articulated permanent magnet work as a low-power cubesat magnetotorquer? Problems? | |
| Jan 29, 2019 at 16:58 | comment | added | uhoh | The OP is asking about articulating the magnet "...used in sort of the same way as one would use a reaction wheel. Just turn the magnet to where it is not aligned with the field, and wait for it to turn the whole satellite with it." Are there articulated magnetotorquers? Maybe there are, I've always assumed they were controlled by adjusting the current in different oriented loops. I'd love to read about an articulated magnetotorquer! | |
| Jan 29, 2019 at 16:43 | history | answered | Steve Linton | CC BY-SA 4.0 |