Title :
Design of an aerodynamic stability and de-orbiting system for cubesats
Author :
Scholz, T. ; Rambaud, P. ; Asma, Chadel
Author_Institution :
Aeronaut. & Aerosp. Dept., Von Karman Inst. for Fluid Dynamics, Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium
Abstract :
Aerodynamic stability systems provide a reliable way to stabilize satellites during the orbit phase in LEO or re-entry where the increasing torques can not be counteracted by magnetorquers or reactions-wheels without exceeding the constraining budgets on a CubeSat platform. This paper presents the methodology used to design a system providing stability and de-orbiting for the re-entry CubeSat QARMAN developed by VKI.
Keywords :
aerodynamics; aerospace control; artificial satellites; control system synthesis; stability; wheels; LEO; VKI; aerodynamic stability design; deorbiting system; magnetorquer; orbit phase; reactions-wheel; reentry CubeSat QARMAN; satellite stabilization; Aerodynamics; Drag; Heating; Orbits; Satellites; Stability analysis; Thermal stability; CubeSat; aerodynamic stability; de-orbiting; re-entry;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 2013 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6395-2
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2013.6581340
