A high precision attitude determination and control system for the UYS-1 nanosatellite

Author

Chaurais, J.R. ; Ferreira, H.C. ; Ishihara, J.Y. ; Borges, R.A. ; Kulabukhov, A.M. ; Larin, V.A. ; Belikov, V.V.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil

fYear

2013

fDate

2-9 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

12

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a high precision attitude determination and control system for the UYS-1 Ukrainian nanosatellite. Its main task is the 3-axis stabilization with less than 0.5° angle errors, so the satellite may take high precision photos of Earth´s surface. To accomplish this task, this system comprises a star tracker and three reaction wheels. To avoid external disturbances and actuators faults, a PD-type and a PID-type robust controllers are simulated and the results are compared to an empirically adjusted PD controller.

Keywords

actuators; aerospace control; artificial satellites; attitude control; robust control; three-term control; 3-axis stabilization; Earth surface; PID-type controllers; UYS-1 nanosatellite; actuators faults; control system; high precision attitude determination; high precision photos; satellite; star tracker; Angular velocity; Attitude control; Earth; Position measurement; Satellites; Torque; Wheels; Attitude Determination and Control System; PD; PID; Robust H∞ Controller;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1812-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2013.6496981

Filename

6496981