• DocumentCode
    631293
  • Title

    Design of an aerodynamic stability and de-orbiting system for cubesats

  • Author

    Scholz, T. ; Rambaud, P. ; Asma, Chadel

  • Author_Institution
    Aeronaut. & Aerosp. Dept., Von Karman Inst. for Fluid Dynamics, Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    12-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    893
  • Lastpage
    897
  • Abstract
    Aerodynamic stability systems provide a reliable way to stabilize satellites during the orbit phase in LEO or re-entry where the increasing torques can not be counteracted by magnetorquers or reactions-wheels without exceeding the constraining budgets on a CubeSat platform. This paper presents the methodology used to design a system providing stability and de-orbiting for the re-entry CubeSat QARMAN developed by VKI.
  • Keywords
    aerodynamics; aerospace control; artificial satellites; control system synthesis; stability; wheels; LEO; VKI; aerodynamic stability design; deorbiting system; magnetorquer; orbit phase; reactions-wheel; reentry CubeSat QARMAN; satellite stabilization; Aerodynamics; Drag; Heating; Orbits; Satellites; Stability analysis; Thermal stability; CubeSat; aerodynamic stability; de-orbiting; re-entry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 2013 6th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Istanbul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-6395-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RAST.2013.6581340
  • Filename
    6581340