Title :
Attitude determination and control for small spacecraft
Author :
Marteru, F. ; Gabriel, S.B. ; Rogers, E.
Author_Institution :
Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
The attitude determination and control system (ADCS) is a key subsystem in small spacecraft which, for example, find application in Earth observation. This paper details the basic design of a candidate ADCS to achieve high pointing accuracies at ´reasonable´ cost. Also the expected performance of this system is examined together with estimates of the overall mass power and energy requirements which clearly will have a major influence on whether or not the basic design is accepted for further development.
Keywords :
attitude control; control system synthesis; observers; space vehicles; state-space methods; Earth observation; attitude control; controller design; energy requirements; mass power; observer; pointing accuracy; small spacecraft; state space;
Conference_Titel :
Control '96, UKACC International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 427)
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-668-7
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19960623
