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🛰️ Reaction-Wheel Single-Axis Slew: Momentum Exchange and Saturation (2D top view)

Top view of a satellite turning by spinning an internal wheel the other way: angular momentum is only exchanged, never created. Same PD attitude law, torque limit and wheel-speed limit as the 3D page, reduced to one axis, with momentum, step-response and saturation checks.

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Reaction-Wheel Single-Axis Slew: Momentum Exchange and Saturation (2D top view) ↗ Open standalone
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Top view of a satellite turning by spinning an internal wheel the other way: angular momentum is only exchanged, never created. Same PD attitude law, torque limit and wheel-speed limit as the 3D page, reduced to one axis, with momentum, step-response and saturation checks.

reaction wheelattitude controlangular momentumPD controllerwheel saturation

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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