Design of an Satellite Attitude Control Simulator

Nasirian, Mehrzad; Bolandi, Hossein; Sedigh, Ali Khaki; Khoogar, Ahmad Reza

doi:10.1109/isscaa.2006.1627602

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“…Several academic simulators, when compared to the expected characteristics of a high-fidelity mathematical simulator, are deficient in at least one of the above items. This occurs both in simulators for specific applications, such as ACS and/or ADS for a particular nanosatellite Krogh & Schreder 2002;Gießelmann 2006;Francois-Lavet 2010;Jensen & Vinther 2010;Holst 2014;van Vuuren 2015;Rondão 2016;Thomsen & Nielsen 2016;Avanzini et al 2019;Jonsson 2019), and in simulators with more comprehensive proposals to serve as a development platform (Menges et al 1998;Lovera 2003;Nasirian et al 2006;Naqvi & Raza 2007;Triharjanto et al 2015;Habibkhah et al 2017;Alshamy et al 2019;Liu et al2019).…”

Section: Cubesat Adcs and Simulatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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PicSat’s Enduring Legacy. Probing the Flight of a Small Astronomical Satellite

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Janot-Pacheco

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Observation of planetary transits and other cutting-edge scientific missions can take advantage of affordable nanosatellites to probe interesting stellar targets. PicSat, a CubeSat dedicated to observing the Beta Pictoris star system, was designed to provide high-precision star pointing, a critical requirement for planetary transit detection. PicSat’s Attitude Determination and Control System, responsible for delivering high-accuracy spacecraft pointing, requires dedicated development based on dynamic simulators. This paper presents a dynamic attitude and orbit propagation simulator for CubeSats in low Earth orbit, as well as for its de-tumbling mode. Validation has been performed through PicSat’s in-flight data. High-precision dynamic models have been obtained for both attitude and orbit. Such models are well suited to the different mission phases, from spacecraft design to data exploitation. It is, therefore, a crucial tool to minimize the chance of failure of both the platform and the payload, especially in satellites such as PicSat, whose pointing depends on both. PicSat left an enduring legacy: its platform data allow us to obtain flight models that will be valuable for future missions.

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Section: Cubesat Adcs and Simulatorsmentioning

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“…Most of the cited simulators have no in-orbit data validation (Menges et al 1998;Lovera 2003;Turner 2003;Nasirian et al 2006;Carrara 2015;Triharjanto et al 2015;Habibkhah et al 2017;Omar 2017;Rawashdeh 2019). This is mainly due to the difficulty of obtaining real data.…”

Section: Cubesat Adcs and Simulatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

PicSat’s Enduring Legacy. Probing the Flight of a Small Astronomical Satellite

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Janot-Pacheco

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“…The importance of real-time hardware-in-loop (RTHIL) simulations has been reported in many different applications [5][6][7][8][9][10]. A pure software simulator for satellite attitude motion on the orbit was proposed in [11]. Application of hardware in the loop simulation for microsatellites was proposed in [12].…”

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Conceptual design of a low-cost real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulator for satellite attitude control system

Bayat¹

2015

Turk J Elec Eng & Comp Sci

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Abstract:Integration of flight hardware with real-time simulation increases satellite attitude control system (ACS) reliability by providing greater test coverage through end-to-end testing in a realistic test environment. In this paper, a compound hardware and software simulator has been designed for evaluation and testing of the spacecraft ACS, placing emphasis on the real-time hardware-in-loop (RTHIL) architecture. The environment comprises both real-time control and data acquisition applications on a network of ACS hardware, the MATLAB Real-Time Workshop, and a PCI device to join the hardware and software units. Moreover, a graphical 3D simulator has been designed, enabling the designers and researchers to intuitively analyze the quality of spacecraft maneuvers. Finally, an ad hoc attitude-stabilizing control law for magnetic actuated satellites has been proposed and implemented in the proposed environment and the efficiency, correctness, and robustness of this control law have been verified using RTHIL simulation results.

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Hence, attitude determination and control system (ADCS) is an important part of all modern satellites. 11 Due to high cost and high risk of complex systems such as satellites, ground simulation and testing of spacecraft dynamics and functional tests of most subsystems are highly recommended before launch.…”

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Design and implementation of attitude control algorithm of a satellite on a three-axis gimbal simulator

Kabganian

Nabipour

Saberi

2014

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G:

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In this paper, a simple and low-cost three-axis gimbal simulator is introduced. This simulator has been constructed in Amirkabir University of Technology and is used for implementation of attitude control algorithms of remote-sensing satellites in a real time condition using three reaction wheels as hardware in the loop test-bed. This simulator is modeled in Solidworks software package to determine its mass properties in order to utilize in obtaining the dynamic model of the simulator. Afterward, an attitude control algorithm is designed. Performance of the designed attitude control algorithm is investigated by implementing it on the simulator.

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Design of an Satellite Attitude Control Simulator

Cited by 5 publications

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PicSat’s Enduring Legacy. Probing the Flight of a Small Astronomical Satellite

PicSat’s Enduring Legacy. Probing the Flight of a Small Astronomical Satellite

Conceptual design of a low-cost real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulator for satellite attitude control system

Design and implementation of attitude control algorithm of a satellite on a three-axis gimbal simulator

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