COMPASS-1 pico satellite: magnetic coils for attitude control

Author

Aydinlioglu, Ali ; Hammer, Marco

Author_Institution

Astronaut. Dept., Univ. of Appl. Sci. Aachen, Germany

fYear

2005

fDate

9-11 June 2005

Firstpage

90

Lastpage

93

Abstract

The COMPASS-1 Cubesat is an active controlled picosatellite by using magnetic coils as means of attitude control. The Attitude Control System (ADCS) is featured with a three-axis stabilizing capability. The ADCS was developed to stabilize the spacecraft against disturbances. Magnetic coils are mounted to generate control torque in the roll and yaw axes. The attitude sensors use magnetometer for measurements of the local magnetic field vector, GPS System for determine the position and sun sensors. The paper describes the required hardware components and the design and development of the electromagnetic torquers.

Keywords

artificial satellites; attitude control; coils; electromagnetic actuators; torque control; COMPASS-1; Cubesat; active controlled picosatellite; attitude control; attitude sensors; control torque; electromagnetic torquers; hardware components; magnetic coils; pico satellite; three-axis stabilizing capability; Coils; Electromagnetic measurements; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic sensors; Magnetometers; Position measurement; Satellites; Sensor systems; Space vehicles; Torque control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2005. RAST 2005. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8977-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAST.2005.1512541

Filename

1512541