Papers by Richard Rasmussen
Measurement of Tangential Momentum Accommodation Coefficient (TMAC) using a Disc Spin-Down Experiment in Low Pressure Gas
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2013
Advances on a 6 Degrees of Freedom Testbed for Autonomous Satellites Operations
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2011
2004 IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8720), 2004
Single unit integration of inertial instrumentation, data processing, and input/output devices for control of sounding rockets
The advantages of integrating guidance, control and telemetry functions into a single unit, and h... more The advantages of integrating guidance, control and telemetry functions into a single unit, and how this was achieved through the development of the MARS TI (Miniature Attitude Reference System TRG (Tuned Rotor Gyros) Instrument) and MARS GC (Guidance Control) rollstable guidance platforms are discussed. The primary advantage of single unit packaging to the sounding rocket and commercial spacecraft user is a significantly lighter and less costly guidance and control overhead. Additional benefits include much more flexibility in the configuration of input and output devices, increased reliability through the reduction of discrete component interfaces, and reduced system weight and power consumption. The development process of both platforms is traced emphasizing the unique application of multifunction integrated circuits to solve packaging versus system capability design trades. Final product configuration flexibility is illustrated through applications examples.
Aerospace …, 2004
Abstract-Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) is a space telescope mission which will perform spectral... more Abstract-Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) is a space telescope mission which will perform spectral analysis of the infrared emissions from extmsolar planets, and which will search for carbon-hased life on such planets. One configuration being considered for this mission is a stellar ...
Proceedings of SPIE, 2001
A Satellite Attitude Dynamics Simulator (SADS) has been developed to facilitate the research and ... more A Satellite Attitude Dynamics Simulator (SADS) has been developed to facilitate the research and development of spacecraft flight attitude control software at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. The simulator provides a real-time 3 degree of freedom (3DOF) synthetic ...
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Papers by Richard Rasmussen