WOLF - WObbling controL system for spinning Free falling unit

WOLF – WObbling ControL system for Free falling unit is a student rocket experiment,
participating in REXUS/BEXUS programme. It is scheduled for launch in March 2018
onboard of the REXUS24 sounding rocket. 

The REXUS/BEXUS programme is realised under a bilateral Agency Agreement between
the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB).
The Swedish share of the payload has been made available to students from other
European countries through a collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA).
EuroLaunch, a cooperation between the Esrange Space Center of SSC and the Mobile
Rocket Base (MORABA) of DLR, is responsible for the campaign management and
operations of the launch vehicles. Experts from DLR, SSC, ZARM and ESA provide
technical support to the student teams throughout the project. REXUS and BEXUS
are launched from SSC, Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden.

The WOLF team continues a long heritage of ejectable Free Falling Units (FFUs)
designed and built by previous REXUS teams from KTH. The objective of the experiment
is an attitude control system for FFUs, which will ensure their regular rotation
about the spin axis ("flat spin"). This is achieved by a reaction wheel and a
control system.

The seminar will give an overview of the experiment. Current status of the
experiment is presented, both in terms of the technical solutions and
the experience of participating in a REXUS project as a student.