Links

1. HomePage of the Lionsat Project
   
   
2. Power point Presentation of the entire LionSat Project presented Aug 4-5, 2003 in Logan, Utah. Includes also a schedule for the project (slide 5) , emailed to us by

   Robert D Siegel
   M.S. Graduate Student
   Communications and Space Sciences Lab
   304 E. E. East
   Office: (814) 865-2360
   

   
   
   
3. Search Google for magnetic torquer Produces quite a few links, check it out.
   
   
4. HomePage of Lionsat Team 4 : Subproject : Magnetic Torquer This page contains a definition of the problem of the magnetic torquer, the objective of the team's project, and the resulting design process. Important links on this page are
   1. Magnetic Torquer What is a Magnetic Torquer
   2. Design What's involved in the design of a Magnetic Torquer
   3. Construction How is a Magnetic Torquer constructed
   4. Testing Test we have performed on a proto-type
   Each one describes the thoughts and activities of the project team. There do not seem to be any links to external sites with supporting information.
   
   
5. SMAD - commercial producers of torque rods Click on "Space Systems" on the left and then "Torquers" on top for more information and pictures on them.
   1. Photo of torquer MT-300
   2. Photo of torquer MT-30
   3. Photo of vibration test on torquer MT-80
   4. Photo of thermal test on torquer MT-30
   5. Graph of Hysteresis of torquer MT-30
   There are links to pictures of other torquers on this site and also a summary of the properties of toquers designed and/or built by this company.
   
   Contact person at SMAD was :

   Dr. Richard Van Allen
   Director of Space Systems Division
   Microcosm, Inc.
   401 Coral Circle
   El Segundo, CA 90245
   Phone:  (310) 726-4100, X153
   FAX:  (310) 726-4110
   email:  rvanallen@smad.com
   

   and

   Paul Graven pgraven@smad.com ( never had contact with him )
   

   
   
   
6. Determine the dipole moment of a torquer ( PDF file ) A report forwarded to us by UP (Matt Sams) describing the theory and experiment to measure the magnetic dipol moment of a torquer.
   
   
7. Reports by the LionSat Team 4 : magnetic torquer
   1. Proposal MSWORD ||  HTML
   2. Critical Design review MSWORD  ||  HTML
   3. Final ReportMSWORD ||  HTML
   
   
   
8. Website of Rick Krauland ( EE student who graduated ? )about the torquer. This website might vanish soon. It was a collection of pictures which have been saved right here : torquer1 || torquer2 || torquer3 || torquer4 || torquer5 || torquer6 || torquer7 || torquer8 || torquer9 || torquer10 || torquer11 || winding1 || winding2 || winding3 || winding4 || winding5 || winding6 || winding7 || winding8
   
   
9. Putting windings on the metal rodVideo Clip (AVI format)