Title :
A design guide for attitude determination and control systems for picosatellites
Author :
Oland, Espen ; Aas, Alexander ; Steihaug, Tor Marius ; Mathisen, Stian Vik ; Vedal, Frank
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Sci. Comput., Electr. Eng. & Space Technol., Narvik Univ. Coll., Narvik, Norway
Abstract :
In this paper we present a design methodology for attitude determination and control systems for picosatellites. It is based on the ECSS documentations and shows through a practical example how the ECSS standard can be applied to a picosatellite project.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; attitude control; attitude control systems; attitude determination; picosatellites; Attitude control; Control systems; Design methodology; Documentation; Educational institutions; Manufacturing; Position measurement; Satellites; Scientific computing; Space technology; CubeSat; attitude; control; design; design definition; determination; functional specifications; methodology; picosatellite; verification; work packa;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2009. RAST '09. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3627-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3628-6
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2009.5158295
