Attitude estimation of nano-satellite “HIT-SAT” using received power fluctuation by radiation pattern

Author

Sato, Tatsuhiro ; Mitsuhashi, Ryuichi ; Satori, Shin

Author_Institution

Hokkaido Inst. of Technol., Sapporo, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

1-5 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, it is verified that the angular velocity of the small satellite can be estimated from the cycle of the received signal intensity. Estimated angular velocity from received signal coincides with that valuated from on-board sensor of gyro and magnetometer. It will be possible that high sampling rate and multi position measurement as demonstrated in this experiment gives us more information about satellite attitude.

Keywords

angular velocity; antenna radiation patterns; artificial satellites; attitude measurement; gyroscopes; magnetometers; HIT-SAT; attitude estimation; estimated angular velocity; gyro; magnetometer; nano-satellite; onboard sensor; power fluctuation; radiation pattern; received signal intensity; satellite attitude; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fluctuations; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations; Sea measurements; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Charleston, SC

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3647-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2009.5172007

Filename

5172007