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Spacecraft Attitude Tracking and Maneuver Using Combined Magnetic Actuators
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2010.
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Abstract
- The accuracy of spacecraft attitude control using magnetic actuators only is low and on the order of 0.4-5 degrees. The key reason is that the magnetic torque is two-dimensional and it is only in the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field vector. In this paper novel attitude control algorithms using the combination of magnetic actuators with Reaction Wheel Assembles (RWAs) or other types of actuators, such as thrusters, are presented. The combination of magnetic actuators with one or two RWAs aligned with different body axis expands the two-dimensional control torque to three-dimensional. The algorithms can guarantee the spacecraft attitude and rates to track the commanded attitude precisely. A design example is presented for Nadir pointing, pitch and yaw maneuvers. The results show that precise attitude tracking can be reached and the attitude control accuracy is comparable with RWAs based attitude control. The algorithms are also useful for the RWAs based attitude control. When there are only one or two workable RWAs due to RWA failures, the attitude control system can switch to the control algorithms for the combined magnetic actuators with the RWAs without going to the safe mode and the control accuracy can be maintained.
- Subjects :
- Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Notes :
- WBS 304029.01.04.02.02
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.20100036836
- Document Type :
- Report