Hardware in loop simulation for attitude determination and control of Illinisat-2 bus

Vedant, Erik Kroeker, Patrick Haddox, Alexander Ghosh

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Abstract

The University of Illinois is developing the IlliniSat-2 bus which uses magnetometers and magnetorquers for attitude determination and control. To validate the attitude determination and control system (ADCS), a hardware-in-loop simulation package (CubeSim) was developed. CubeSim consists of a tri-axial Helmholtz cage driven by a custom power supply. The CubeSim software propagates the satellite's orbit and attitude state and the corresponding Earth magnetic field is output to the Helmholtz cage to be detected by a magnetometer. The satellite's attitude determination software estimates the spacecraft attitude from magnetic field measurements from the magnetometer as well as other sensors simulated in software. The satellite's attitude control program outputs a commanded torque to the control system which is used as an input to CubeSim. CubeSim then propagates the satellite's state and orbit again. This paper describes the setup of CubeSim and demonstrates testing of different magnetic attitude determination and control strategies using CubeSim.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSpaceflight Mechanics 2016
EditorsMartin T. Ozimek, Renato Zanetti, Angela L. Bowes, Ryan P. Russell, Martin T. Ozimek
PublisherUnivelt Inc.
Pages2337-2349
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9780877036333
StatePublished - 2016
Event26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2016 - Napa, United States
Duration: Feb 14 2016Feb 18 2016

Publication series

NameAdvances in the Astronautical Sciences
Volume158
ISSN (Print)0065-3438

Other

Other26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNapa
Period2/14/162/18/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Space and Planetary Science

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