Modeling Spacecraft Fuel Slosh at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
 

Shortly after it reached orbit in August 1969, NASA's spin-stabilized Applications Technology Satellite 5 (ATS5) began to wobble, sending the spacecraft into an unplanned flat spin and crippling the mission. It was later found that this event was caused by excessive fuel slosh, creating a long-standing concern about this phenomenon.

2007-09-27 12:00 PM


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