TY - GEN
T1 - Hybrid magnetic attitude control system under CubeSat standards
AU - Miyagusuku, Renato
AU - Arias, Klebes R.
AU - Villota, Elizabeth R.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In a one-unit (1U) CubeSat satellite, the attitude determination and control system restricts its allocated mass to be in the range of 150-200 g, and to operate with at most 1 W. Under such tight constraints, effective attitude control system design becomes quite challenging, especially for institutions that have no prior experience in space projects. Novice institutions usually start by designing passive control systems as they are more reliable. They only venture to test active control after attitude determination, satellite's communications, central control and power systems have been tested. Notably, at Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, within the development of its first CubeSat satellite project Chasqui I, a hybrid magnetic attitude control system has been devised so that active control can be tested with high reliability.
AB - In a one-unit (1U) CubeSat satellite, the attitude determination and control system restricts its allocated mass to be in the range of 150-200 g, and to operate with at most 1 W. Under such tight constraints, effective attitude control system design becomes quite challenging, especially for institutions that have no prior experience in space projects. Novice institutions usually start by designing passive control systems as they are more reliable. They only venture to test active control after attitude determination, satellite's communications, central control and power systems have been tested. Notably, at Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, within the development of its first CubeSat satellite project Chasqui I, a hybrid magnetic attitude control system has been devised so that active control can be tested with high reliability.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861164814&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/AERO.2012.6187239
DO - 10.1109/AERO.2012.6187239
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861164814
SN - 9781457705564
T3 - IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
BT - 2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference
T2 - 2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Y2 - 3 March 2012 through 10 March 2012
ER -