• DocumentCode
    3170326
  • Title

    A Gradient Estimation Scheme of an External Unknown Torque on a Satellite

  • Author

    Harvey, S.A. ; Balas, M. ; Chavez, F. ; Robertson, L.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    9-13 July 2007
  • Firstpage
    2454
  • Lastpage
    2458
  • Abstract
    Inherent among newly developed "plug and play" satellites will be errors in measurement and placement of the devices-sensors and actuators-on the satellite. Other uncertainties also arise due to the unprecise nature of plug and play (PNP) satellites. One of these uncertainties is the body frame to the orbit frame transformation. Not knowing this transformation makes it difficult to accurately model the gravity gradient\´s influence on the satellite. An adaptive algorithm for the gravity gradient estimation problem is presented.
  • Keywords
    artificial satellites; estimation theory; gradient methods; gravity; torque control; actuators; adaptive algorithm; devices-sensors; gradient estimation scheme; gravity gradient estimation; orbit frame transformation; plug and play satellites; torque; Actuators; Earth; Equations; Gravity; Plugs; Satellites; Space vehicles; Torque; Uncertainty; Wheels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    American Control Conference, 2007. ACC '07
  • Conference_Location
    New York, NY
  • ISSN
    0743-1619
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0988-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0743-1619
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACC.2007.4282801
  • Filename
    4282801