Development and analysis of a small satellite attitude determination and control system testbed

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2011.

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Hlavní autor: Crowell, Corey Whitcomb
Další autoři: David W. Miller.
Médium: Diplomová práce
Jazyk:eng
Vydáno: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011
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On-line přístup:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67177
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spelling mit-1721.1/671772019-04-14T07:08:27Z Development and analysis of a small satellite attitude determination and control system testbed Crowell, Corey Whitcomb David W. Miller. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Aeronautics and Astronautics. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2011. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-267). Attitude Determination and Control Systems (ADCS) are critical to the operation of satellites that require attitude knowledge and/or attitude control to achieve mission success. Furthermore, ADCS systems only operate as designed in the reduced friction, micro-gravity environment of space. Simulating these characteristics of space in a laboratory environment in order to test individual ADCS components and integrated ADCS systems is an important but challenging step in verifying and validating a satellite's ADCS design. The purpose of this thesis is to design and develop an ADCS testbed capable of simulating the reduced fiction, micro-gravity environment of space within the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Space Systems Laboratory. The ADCS testbed is based on a tabletop style, three degree of freedom, rotational air bearing, which uses four reaction wheels for attitude control and a series of sensors for attitude determination. The testbed includes all the equipment necessary to allow for closed loop testing of individual ADCS components and integrated ADCS systems in the simulated inertial environment of space. In addition to the physical ADCS testbed, a MATLAB Simulink based model of the ADCS testbed is developed to predict the performance of hardware components and software algorithms before the components and algorithms are integrated into the ADCS testbed. The final objective of this thesis is to validate the operation of the ADCS testbed and simulation to prepare the tool for use by satellite design teams. by Corey Whitcomb Crowell. S.M. 2011-11-18T20:56:30Z 2011-11-18T20:56:30Z 2011 2011 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67177 758489778 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 267 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Development and analysis of a small satellite attitude determination and control system testbed
title Development and analysis of a small satellite attitude determination and control system testbed
title_full Development and analysis of a small satellite attitude determination and control system testbed
title_fullStr Development and analysis of a small satellite attitude determination and control system testbed
title_full_unstemmed Development and analysis of a small satellite attitude determination and control system testbed
title_short Development and analysis of a small satellite attitude determination and control system testbed
title_sort development and analysis of a small satellite attitude determination and control system testbed
topic Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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