1 Nms GEO Reaction Wheel
Sinclair Interplanetary (Rocket Lab)
Radiation-hardened version of the heritage 1 Nms wheel, built for GEO and other high-radiation orbits.
Technical specifications
- Angular momentum capacity
- 1 Nms
- Target orbit
- GEO / high-radiation orbits
- Radiation hardening
- Rad-hard parts, shielded enclosure, active deep-charging mitigation
- First flight deliveries
- Scheduled Q1 2020
- Control interface
- Digital serial bus, commandable speed/momentum/torque
About
Sinclair Interplanetary pioneered high-reliability vacuum-lubricated reaction wheels for picosatellites, nanosatellites and microsatellites, with a built-in digital processor commandable over a serial bus for speed, momentum or torque, plus digital telemetry on speed, temperature, voltage, current and other health parameters. The 1 Nms GEO Wheel is a hardened version of the heritage 1 Nms wheel, suitable for high orbits. It uses radiation-hardened parts, a shielded enclosure, and an active mechanism to mitigate deep charging of the rotor assembly, while power consumption is greatly reduced relative to the standard microsatellite wheel. First flight deliveries were scheduled for Q1 2020.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
