Abstract This paper accomplishes one goal and it was to verify and to validate a Spin Magnetic Attitude Control System (SMACS) program and to perform Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) air-bearing experiments. A study of a closed-loop magnetic spin controller is presented using only magnetic rods as actuators. The magnetic spin rate control approach is able to perform spin rate control and it is verified with an Attitude Control System (ACS) air-bearing MATLAB® SIMULINK® model and a hardware-embedded LABVIEW® algorithm that controls the spin rate of the test platform on a spherical air bearing table. The SIMULINK® model includes dynamic model of air-bearing, its disturbances, actuator emulation and the time delays caused by on-board calculations. The air-bearing simulator is employed to develop, improve, and carry out objective tests of magnetic torque rods and spin rate control algorithm in the experimental framework and to provide a more realistic demonstration of expected performance of attitude control as compared with software-based architectures. Six sets of two torque rods are used as actuators for the SMACS. It is implemented and simulated to fulfill mission requirement including spin the satellite up to 12degs−1 around the z-axis. These techniques are documented for the full nonlinear equations of motion of the system and the performances of these techniques are compared in several simulations.
Highlights Verification and validation of a Spin Magnetic Attitude Control System program using Hardware-In-the-Loop experiments is proposed. The proposed algorithm controls the spin rate of the test platform on a spherical air bearing table. It is implemented and simulated to fulfill mission requirement including spin the satellite up to 12 degs−1 around the z-axis.
Verification of Spin Magnetic Attitude Control System using air-bearing-based attitude control simulator
Acta Astronautica ; 126 ; 546-553
2016-03-26
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Spin magnetic attitude control system , Spin satellite , Spin stabilization , Verification , HIL , Simulator , Air-bearing , ACS , Attitude Control System , SMACS , Spin Magnetic Attitude Control System , Hardware-In-the-Loop , LEO , Low Earth Orbit , rpm , revolutions per minute , AHRS , Attitude and Heading Reference System
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