= angular momentum of spacecraft, that in reference inertial/spacecraft-fixed body coordinates, that after H t = the first actuation, that at end of the slew, and the target angular momentum, N · ms I, I z , I t = spacecraft moment of inertia matrix, moment of inertia of transverse axis/spin axis, kg · m 2 k = rotation number around spin axis of the spacecraft m = magnetic moment of the magnetorquer dipole, A · m 2 T, T magnet = control torque/ magnetic torque applied to the spacecraft, N · m t 0 , t 1f , t 2s , t 2f , t 1;2 , Δt 2 , t ⌢ 2 = time of the start, time at the end of the first actuation, time of the start of the second actuation, time at the end of second actuation, time interval between first and second actuation, the actuating duration of the second actuation and the predicted meantime of second actuation, s Z 0 , Z 1f , Z f , Z ins , Z t = spin axis of the initial/after the first actuation/after the slew/of an instant time and of the target orientation β = slew angle, deg γ = residual precession angle after the first actuation of slew, deg θ = nutation angle, deg λ = inertia ratio of spin axis and transverse axis moment of inertia ξ = the second actuation time adjustment coefficient ω, ω Z , ω XY , ω N , ω H = angular velocity of the spacecraft, that in spin axis, that in the X − Y plane, body nutation rate, and inertial nutation rate, rad∕s
Abstract-The ground verification of a spacecraft control algorithm is commonly done via air bearing facility. Air bearing testbeds are frequently developed for testing a three-axis stabilised spacecraft control algorithm but hardly for a spin stabilised spacecraft. A modular testbed for testing a spinning spacecraft has been developed in the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) initially for the real-time verification of a prolate spinner slew control algorithms. This testbed is made from commercially-offthe-shelf (COTS) components with a modular system design approach through rapid control prototyping (RCP) using Matlab xPC Target and extendable to other RCP technique. It is equipped with a novel low cost monocular vision system for attitude determination with the accuracy of 0.06 deg and angular velocity accuracy of 0.15 deg/s. For the current specification, a cold gas propulsion system is fixed to the testbed with a 2-DOF thruster set that can deliver up to 0.25N of thrust and an air bearing capability that gives 3-DOF with a maximum tilt angle of 30 deg. In this paper, the testbed implementation is described and the test platform is verified.
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