DocumentCode
2164136
Title
Attitude determination and control for small spacecraft
Author
Marteru, F. ; Gabriel, S.B. ; Rogers, E.
Author_Institution
Southampton Univ., UK
Volume
1
fYear
1996
fDate
2-5 Sept. 1996
Firstpage
620
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Control '96, UKACC International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 427)
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-85296-668-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp:19960623
Filename
651451
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