Abstract
CubeSats are miniature functional satellites. The increasing interest in CubeSats has uncovered the potential for planetary missions. Besides, CubeSats is an excellent educational platform. The preliminary attitude control system is designed and the corresponding hardware is built using commercial products for a lunar mission employing a CubeSat constellation to provide positioning service for landers/rovers on the far side of the moon. At the same time, the basic frame and necessary subsystems including the structure, power and on-board computer subsystems, and the attitude experiment platform are constructed. Based on the hardware platform, the control model is deeply understood through measuring damping coefficients by experiments. A PD control method is designed to control the attitude. The numerical and physical simulation results match well, and the CubeSat system achieves accurate attitude maneuver.
| Translated title of the contribution | Preliminary design and test of attitude control system for lunar CubeSats |
|---|---|
| Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
| Pages (from-to) | 28-35 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Chinese Space Science and Technology |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 25 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)
- Aerospace Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering