Testing and calibrating an advanced cubesat attitude determination and control system

Tjorven Delabie; Bram Vandoren; Wim De Munter; Gert Raskin; Bart Vandenbussche; Dirk Vandepitte

doi:10.1117/12.2311989

6 July 2018 Testing and calibrating an advanced cubesat attitude determination and control system

Tjorven Delabie, Bram Vandoren, Wim De Munter, Gert Raskin, Bart Vandenbussche, Dirk Vandepitte

Proceedings Volume 10698, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 106985U (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311989
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

CubeSat technology is evolving rapidly. With the increased performance of these small spacecraft platforms, astronomical missions on CubeSats will be flown in the near future. These types of missions have very demanding requirements in terms of spacecraft pointing. At the KU Leuven university, we have developed a compact, highaccuracy attitude determination and control system for CubeSats. The system uses three reaction wheels and a star tracker to deliver high agility and accuracy. In this paper, we will discuss the test and calibration campaign that was carried out. This campaign was instrumental in achieving the performance required by astronomical missions.

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Tjorven Delabie, Bram Vandoren, Wim De Munter, Gert Raskin, Bart Vandenbussche, and Dirk Vandepitte "Testing and calibrating an advanced cubesat attitude determination and control system", Proc. SPIE 10698, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 106985U (6 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311989

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